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.

it’s these moments. The

way he holds me at night, or

look, with one kiss, can

of my

my mouth.

and controlled and closed

these glimpses

what give me hope.

is more to

for a dying girl

*

*

AARON

the hallway and listen.

hear Leah’s shuttered breaths.

confused her, as

way to break her is

is too strong

her trusting nature…now that is a prime thing for

have every intention of keeping her where she

belongs.

4/7

Here.

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

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

or expensive jewelry. She sends

home but the funds she had from her dowry

her to manage

was pledged

over.

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

her whereabouts with her cell and

coins for a game on her iphone to Amazon

are subscriptions for

But that account