Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 166

Chapter 166
We arrive back in Montana later that night and I’m exhausted.
But I’m glad for it, because hopefully it’ll mean I’ll fall straight into an exhausted sleep without dreams or grief disturbing me.
There’s extra SUVs in the driveway, but I don’t immediately think anything of it.
Not until I walk into the foyer and come face to face with Aaron.
We both freeze at the sight of each other.
My entire body lights up and my inner wolf is ecstatic.
This feeling, it’s like I was living in some kind of half-light, and Aaron brough the sun, warming me and making everything bright
and sharp.
Tension crackles in the air between us and Aaron’s eyes immediately glow golden.
Next thing I know, every single other wolf-including James-has fled, leaving us standing alone.
In that second, I make a snap decision, though I’m sure it’s mostly my wolf, the way she’s pushing up and clamoring to get closer
to him.
“I need to tell you something,” I blurt out into the heavy silence.

“I heard you were in California. They didn’t expect you back tonight, Aaron replies, not answering my statement. “Otherwise I wouldn’t have come. I just needed a few things from my office and my bedroom.”
“Please, it’ll only take a minute,” I say, wincing at the needy note in my voice.
What happened to my stubborn independence?
Aaron inclines his head stiffly and we walk to his office, keeping an impersonal amount of distance between us.
It’s good, I think
I don’t trust myself, or what my wolf will push me to do if we get closer.
“What do you need?” Aaron asks as soon as we’re inside. He crosses his arms, closing himself off from me.
I used to think he was cold toward me, but now I know I was wrong.
The way he’s treating me now is positively arctic.
“I need to tell you something,” I say, still not sure I’m doing the right thing, but pushing ahead anyway.
I don’t have anywhere else to turn to for help.
“About things that were going on with Roberts Corp and Liam before he died.”
At the mention of my brother’s name, Aaron’s features transform with utter fury.
He looks like he could happily dig up my brother’s remains and slaughter him all over again.
“What about him?” Aaron bites out.
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“The whole thing about my father and brother wasting their money on booze and gambling and living a degenerate lifestyle? It was just a cover for where the money was really going.”
“What do you mean?” Aaron asks, his brow creasing, and I can see I’ve got his attention.
“All of that money was being poured into a single, secret project on a restricted floor of the Roberts Corp building”
Now Aaron just looks confused. “Leah, are you sure? I ran Roberts Corp for months while you were-” He breaks off, his features hardening, as if he’s gathering his resolve. “I ran your family business for months and I never even saw a hint of any secret project or restricted floor.”
“Because it was a secret, Aaron,” I reply impatiently. “But now we have a problem.”
“We?” he repeats imperiously. “Your secret project has a problem and suddenly it’s we?”
I clamp down on the urge to bite back at him.
This is bigger than both of us.
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