Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

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.

Feeling those broken bits of my heart coming back together

again.

see… it’s these moments.

holds me at night, or

single look, with one kiss, can claim

my

touch my mouth.

and controlled and

these glimpses of warmth…

give me

more to our relationship.

for a dying girl

*

*

AARON

wait in the hallway

can hear Leah’s shuttered

confused her, as I’ve

break her

is too strong for that.

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

of keeping

belongs.

4/7

Here.

can feel her joy,

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

fancy clothes or expensive jewelry. She sends money

the funds she had from

manage them as she chose

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

over.

the moment she went ‘missing’ last

her cell and I

on her iphone to Amazon orders she has sent

of the charges are subscriptions for regular,

items and necessities. But that account transfer

to her dad…