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.

those broken bits of my heart coming

again.

these moments. The tender ones.

glances. The way he holds me at night, or does

single look,

my

touch my mouth.

is cold and controlled and

glimpses of warmth…

are what give me

maybe there is more to our

is really dangerous for a

*

*

AARON

in the hallway and

can hear Leah’s

confused her, as I’ve intended.

break her is not with

is too strong

heart is big and open and her trusting nature…now that is a prime thing for

of

belongs.

4/7

Here.

feel her joy, like some

that funds have been transferred. I’ve never micromanaged her finances before, because

clothes or expensive jewelry. She

funds she had from

her to manage them

a pittance of money when she was pledged to me. We’ve grown that amount

over.

touched a dime of my wife’s. But from the moment she

her whereabouts with her cell and I now get an

a game on her iphone to Amazon orders she has sent to

of the charges are subscriptions for

necessities. But that account transfer