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 heart coming

again.

moments.

way he holds me at night,

this man with a single look, with one kiss, can claim every

my

touch my

cold and controlled and closed

these glimpses of

what give me hope.

maybe there is more to

for a dying

*

*

AARON

in the hallway and listen.

Leah’s

as

way to break her is not

is too strong

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

every intention of keeping her where

belongs.

4/7

Here.

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

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

expensive

had from her dowry

allowed her to manage them as

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

over.

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

track her whereabouts with her cell and I now get an update

on her iphone to Amazon orders she has sent to

the charges are subscriptions for regular,

and necessities. But that account transfer