All Chapters of A Beta's Regret - A Twist of Fate? : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

We walked into Jake’s house. It was the first time I had been here, and I had been worried about the fact I was coming alone, but it didn’t feel awkward, weirdly. It was a gorgeous house. I knew that the group of friends had all built their homes on the lake after Knox and Lilah had got together, and Dan and Indie, too, from what they had told me when we had been chatting over a coffee one time when painting. Wanting their homes all close together with them all being so close, and I have to say I love the idea. It is like a little village of their own, and the views of the lake are gorgeous in the summer. I have spent many a evening in the gardens of my cousin and my sister, overlooking the lake, drinking wine or coffee or hot chocolate with them, chatting away about anything and everything.As much as I miss the fact I have my memories of being with Seb at the Crimson Night Pack, and that his body is buried there, I love everything else about this pack. It is amazing, and the scenery

I hear his words and realised I needed to do some repairs and quickly. I cannot have him thinking badly of me. I still need him as an option. I still need him to consider me as his mate. I still need him to want me. Maybe I have been a little too snappy and bitchy with him. I do have a habit of that sometimes. I am forever being picked up on for that by my father. Especially when I haven't had enough sleep. I need to try harder with Jake, at least for now, make him at least think I am a nice girl. Yet he sounds awfully annoyed. Irritated. And that can’t be a good thing. Not at all. It would be awful if he were the one to reject me because of how I was treating him. He seemed so keen to begin with. If anyone was going to be doing some rejecting, it should be me, and that would not be anytime soon. I needed to be doing some repairing, and quick! “I am sorry sweetie. I am not very good with all this sort of stuff. With romance and all the mate stuff. I am so lacking in experience,

I sat listening to Rose tell me about her business and her home. She sounded like she loved it there. Which I have to say does make me wonder if she would be willing to leave all of that for me. “So do you think I could come and visit then? I would love to see where you are from, Hunni” I tell her. “Oh, yeah, definitely at some point sweetie.” She says. “We have quite a lot on right now, but once we have some free time I will let you know for sure, if that is ok?” Oh, so it will be when she gives me the okay, then I assume. Not when I decide I want to see her. I was kind of hoping to be able to go and see her really soon. Jaxx was pining for his mate. I was desperate to be with my mate, so going to visit her seemed like an obvious solution to that. But if she was not available to have visitors right now, then I guess I couldn’t. And I don’t want to upset her again, or make her feel like she is failing me. I hated hearing that! Imagine hearing that you are making your ma

I stand in my office, looking at the closed door, having watched Ruby walk from the room. What had that been? There had been something in that gaze, I am sure of it. And I don’t just mean from her. My heart was racing the moment her chocolatey brown eyes locked with mine. She is beautiful, I knew that the first time I met her back at Crimson Night Pack. But I had not thought of her in any way other than as a friend, especially when I had heard she had lost her mate. But I swear that was weird. I can't be thinking anything more than friends anyway. I have a mate now. She may not be here right now, but she will be at some point. All being well. But what the hell was that with Ruby? I know I had to have hurt her feelings last night for her to have put her guards up on her links. I can’t say for definite on the messages and calls. The reasoning she gave for running late and not looking at her phone seems a reasonable one, and I will look into it and mention it to Knox if the guys who

Yes, Jake had explaining to do to me. And I mean immediately too. I grab my phone, finding his number. “Hello” his voice cheerfully greets. He will not be so fucking cheerful when I am done with him. He had to have been expecting my call, surely? “Jake. It is Rose. You owe me an explanation” I say, irritation clear in my voice. “Do I not even get a hello Rose?” he says, still sounding cheerful. Is he intentionally trying to piss me off today? Because he had picked the wrong day for that! “Hello. Now for an explanation?” I demand. He chuckles. “And what explanation would that be for my love?” he says, I swear he is being sarcastic. “What? Are you intentionally teasing me, Jake? I have literally had my father barge his way into my home, yelling at me, demanding an explanation as to why he has had a phone call from your Alpha telling him a full investigation has been done on our businesses and finances, and the deal with us has been put on pause. That a full explan