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.

those broken bits of my

again.

these moments. The

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

with a single look, with one

of my body.

my mouth.

is cold and controlled and closed

these glimpses of warmth…

what give me

there is more to

is really dangerous for a

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AARON

in the hallway and listen.

hear Leah’s

her, as

way to break her is

is too strong for

big and open and her trusting nature…now that is a

I have every intention of

belongs.

4/7

Here.

and distance surround us, I swear I can feel her

see that funds have been transferred. I’ve never micromanaged her finances before, because I

expensive jewelry. She sends money

funds she had from her dowry

manage them as she chose to.

she was pledged to me. We’ve grown that amount a

over.

wife’s. But from the moment she went ‘missing’ last week, that all ended.

her whereabouts with her cell and I now get an update

coins for a game on her iphone to Amazon orders she has sent to the

are subscriptions for

and necessities. But that