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. The tender

and possessive glances. The way he holds me

single look, with one kiss, can claim

of my body.

my

and controlled

these glimpses of warmth…

what give

maybe there is more

for a

*

*

AARON

in the hallway and listen.

hear Leah’s shuttered breaths.

as I’ve

to break her is

strong

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

of keeping her where she

belongs.

4/7

Here.

feel her joy, like some force of

finances before, because I didn’t have a reason to. She doesn’t

or expensive jewelry.

the funds she had from her

her to manage them as she chose to.

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

over.

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

cell and I now get an update

a game on her iphone to Amazon orders she has sent to the

are

and necessities. But

to her dad…