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.

bits of my heart coming

again.

see… it’s these moments. The tender

embraces and possessive glances. The way he holds me

with a single look, with one kiss, can claim every

my

my mouth.

cold and controlled and closed off.

glimpses of

give me

maybe there is more

dangerous for a dying

*

*

AARON

wait in the

Leah’s shuttered

as I’ve

her is not

is too strong for

trusting nature…now that is a

I have every intention of keeping her

belongs.

4/7

Here.

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

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

clothes or expensive jewelry. She

had

manage

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

over.

touched a dime of my wife’s. But from the moment she went ‘missing’ last week, that

cell and

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

are subscriptions for

items and necessities. But