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.

of my heart coming

again.

moments. The tender ones.

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

man with a single look, with one kiss, can

of my

touch my mouth.

is cold and controlled and closed off.

these glimpses of

what give

more to

dangerous for a dying girl

*

*

AARON

wait in the hallway and listen.

hear Leah’s shuttered breaths.

confused her, as I’ve

her is not

is too strong

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

I have every intention of keeping

belongs.

4/7

Here.

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

before, because I didn’t have a reason to. She doesn’t spend a lot

clothes or expensive

had from her dowry were

allowed her to manage them as she chose

she was pledged to me. We’ve grown

over.

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

whereabouts with her cell and I now get an

coins for a game on her iphone to Amazon orders she

charges are subscriptions

and necessities. But that