Alpha's Regret: Losing His True Mate

Elodie’s POV

Johnny knew me too well.

He’d watched me throw myself into my work over the years, seen me stay up nights coding, building, creating things just to see if I could. Just to prove to myself that I was capable of something.

And he’d watched me do the same thing with Dante.

I’d loved him with everything I had. Given up my scholarship opportunities, turned down offers from top tech companies, let my own dreams get smaller and smaller because I thought maybe, if I just tried hard enough, he’d love me back.

It had cost me everything.

But Johnny had never once heard me say I regretted it.

Maybe because I was too proud. Or maybe because admitting regret would mean admitting I’d wasted seven years of my life on someone who was never going to choose me.

So when I told him I was fine now, that I could let it go, he believed me.

God, I wished I believed me too.

“Want a drink?” Johnny asked, his tone lighter now.

I nodded. “Yeah. That sounds good.”