Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 10

“I thought you left.”

He stands by the door, watching me as I’ve been working from my phone, where I’ve been alternating between reading the financial reports he left queued on his computer, and

transferring the money.

“I hope you didn’t do something you’ll regret,” he says.

Like handing over millions of dollars that my husband likely considers ‘ours’ to my father-his enemy?

“No. Of course not,” I say easily.

He snorts.

I point to two companies whose shares we’ve both been following for a while. “You marked these to offload. Is there something wrong with the financial projections?”

He nods. “Both companies are about to go belly up.”

Oh no. I bought ten thousand shares of each on behalf of my father’s pack last month. I don’t exactly hide that I make those investments, but technically it’s all managed by my father, I

just pass along information from my research or that Aaron

shares with me.

He smirks. Then he comes back into the room, tilts up my chin with his big hand and kisses me. “I’m sorry,” he whispers.

I’m pretty sure my mouth is still hanging open as he leaves.

Those two words…

To hear him say them, to apologize.

Aaron doesn’t ‘do’ apologies.

And just moments ago he was smirking. What exactly is he apologizing for, I wonder. Not that it matters. It’s enough that he gave me the words. Finally.

I sink back into the chair. Shocked. Elated.

broken bits of my heart

again.

see… it’s these moments. The

embraces and possessive glances. The way he holds me at

with a single look, with

my

my

cold and controlled and closed

glimpses of

are what give

is more to

is really dangerous for a dying

*

*

AARON

in the hallway

can hear Leah’s shuttered

confused her, as

to break her

too strong

trusting nature…now that is

intention of keeping her

belongs.

4/7

Here.

I can feel her joy, like some force of positive energy radiating from

and I see that funds have been transferred. I’ve never micromanaged her finances before, because I didn’t have a reason to. She doesn’t

fancy clothes or expensive jewelry.

the funds she had from her dowry were

her to manage them

of money when she was pledged to me.

over.

never touched a dime of my wife’s. But from the moment she went ‘missing’ last week,

her whereabouts with her cell and I

accounts. From coins for a game on her iphone to Amazon orders she has sent to the mansion.

of the charges are subscriptions for

But that account transfer