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

again.

it’s these moments. The tender

heated embraces and possessive glances. The way he holds

with a single look, with one kiss, can

of my

touch my mouth.

and controlled and closed off.

glimpses

give

is more to our relationship.

is really dangerous for a dying

*

*

AARON

in the hallway and

can hear Leah’s shuttered breaths.

as I’ve

break her

strong for that.

her trusting nature…now that is

I have every intention of keeping

belongs.

4/7

Here.

feel her joy, like some

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

or expensive jewelry. She sends

the funds she had from her dowry

I allowed her to manage them as she chose to.

money when she was

over.

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

her cell

for a game on her iphone to Amazon

charges are

But that account transfer