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 together

again.

moments. The

heated embraces and possessive glances. The way he holds me at night,

a single look, with

of my

touch my

controlled

these glimpses of

give me

is more to our

is really dangerous for

*

*

AARON

in the hallway and listen.

can hear Leah’s shuttered

her, as

way to break her is not

too strong for that.

heart is big and open and her trusting nature…now

of

belongs.

4/7

Here.

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

never micromanaged her finances before, because

expensive jewelry. She sends

had from her dowry were

manage them as she chose to.

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 went ‘missing’ last

whereabouts with her cell and I now get an update

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

of the charges are subscriptions

necessities. But that account transfer