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.

my heart coming

again.

moments.

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

single look,

of my

touch my mouth.

controlled and closed

glimpses of warmth…

are what give

there is more to our

dangerous for

*

*

AARON

the

Leah’s

as I’ve intended.

way to break her is not with

strong for that.

nature…now that is

every intention of keeping her where she

belongs.

4/7

Here.

distance surround us, I swear I can feel her joy, like some force of positive energy radiating from her to

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

into fancy clothes or expensive jewelry. She

had from

I allowed her to manage them as

when she was

over.

the moment she went ‘missing’ last week, that all

whereabouts with her cell and I now

a game on her iphone to Amazon orders she has sent to

of the charges are

and necessities. But