Bad Love: An Alpha's Regret (Leah and Aaron) novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40 

Take me away? 

“I’m sorry,” I say. “I think I’m just surprised to see you.” I still don’t know how he even knew to find me here. I haven’t seen this man or spoken to him in years. “What do you mean, ‘take me away?”” I ask. 

He shrugs. “I’m thinking you might want to not be fought over like a scrap of meat for a while.” 

He’s strong and handsome, and, I suspect, very accustomed to getting what he wants, at least from females. “But why? Why 

me?” 

His smile is lopsided and amused. “You have to know that I always had a crush on you.” 

What? No. 

This is absolutely news to me. 

“Aaron ha ted that I was…drawn to you. It’s why you haven’t seen me at his pack in recent years. It caused a rift.” 

I rub my eyes. “I’m sorry. I’m having a hard time keeping up with all of this. And seeing you out of the blue, it’s a shock. A nice one. But…it’s been a minute.” 

“Yes, and I’ve shared too much, I think.” He grins again. “But I’m not shy. And I know he never valued you. Not the way he should have, anyway.” 

It’s true Brian came around a lot, but those visits stopped shortly after I married Aaron. Can it be what he claims? 

I asked Aaron once, what happened to Brian because he used to hang out and be a fixture within our pack, but Aaron refused to talk about it. 

“I heard about what happened at the Council meeting.” 

Okay. That explains the timing, I guess. Or at least why he might seek me out. But I’m still not clear on how he knew to find me. Here. In a hospital. 

“So what do you say, want to break out of here for a bit?” he asks 

My thoughts are all over the place, but I try to stay focused on the conversation. “My father’s funeral is tonight.” 

“I’ve heard.” He nods. “Let me escort you. You shouldn’t go alone and it will make a statement if you are there with me.”