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 coming back

again.

it’s these moments. The tender

possessive glances. The way he holds me at night, or does something unexpectedly sweet. The

with a single look, with one kiss,

of my

touch my

cold and controlled

these glimpses of

what give

maybe there is more to

for a dying girl like n

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*

AARON

the hallway and listen.

can hear Leah’s shuttered

as I’ve

to break her is

is too strong

nature…now that

of keeping her where

belongs.

4/7

Here.

walls and distance surround us, I swear I can feel her joy, like some

been transferred. I’ve never micromanaged her finances before, because I didn’t have a reason

or expensive jewelry.

funds she had

allowed her to manage them as she chose

money when she was pledged

over.

never touched a dime of my wife’s. But from the moment she went

cell and I now get an

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

of the charges are

items and necessities. But