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

again.

it’s these moments. The

he holds

man with a single look, with

of my

touch my

is cold and controlled and closed

these glimpses of

give

more to our

hope is really dangerous for a

*

*

AARON

the hallway and

can hear Leah’s shuttered

her, as

her is

strong

and open and her trusting nature…now that is a prime thing for

intention of

belongs.

4/7

Here.

surround us, I swear I can feel her

her finances before, because I didn’t have a

into fancy clothes or expensive jewelry. She

had from

I allowed her to manage them as she chose

she was pledged to me. We’ve

over.

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

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

charges are subscriptions for

items and necessities. But that account transfer