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.

these moments. The

heated embraces and possessive glances. The way he holds me at night, or does something unexpectedly

look, with one kiss, can

my

touch my

is cold and controlled and closed off.

glimpses

are what give me hope.

maybe there is more to our

for a dying girl

*

*

AARON

wait in the hallway

can hear Leah’s shuttered

confused her, as I’ve

to break her is

strong

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

I have every intention of keeping

belongs.

4/7

Here.

walls and distance surround us, I swear I can feel her joy, like

her finances before, because I

expensive

but the funds she had from her dowry were

I allowed her to manage them as she chose

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

over.

my wife’s. But from the moment she went ‘missing’ last

with her cell and

From coins for a game on her iphone to Amazon orders she has

of the charges are subscriptions

But that account transfer

to her dad…