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 back together

again.

it’s these moments.

way he holds me at night, or does something

with a single look, with one kiss,

of my

my mouth.

and controlled

glimpses of

give

there is more

hope… hope is really dangerous for a dying

*

*

AARON

wait in the hallway and

hear Leah’s shuttered breaths.

confused her, as I’ve intended.

her is not

too strong for that.

trusting nature…now that is a prime thing for me to

I have every intention of keeping

belongs.

4/7

Here.

her

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

into fancy clothes or expensive jewelry. She sends money

but the funds she had from her

manage them as she chose to.

a pittance of money when she was pledged to me. We’ve grown that amount a hundred

over.

touched a dime of my wife’s. But from the

whereabouts with her cell and

accounts. From coins for a game on her iphone

the charges are subscriptions for

necessities. But that account transfer

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