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.

it’s these moments.

possessive glances. The way he holds me at

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

my body.

touch my

cold and controlled and closed off.

these glimpses

give

more

dangerous for a dying girl like n

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*

AARON

in the hallway

can hear Leah’s

her, as I’ve

way to break her is not

strong for

open and her trusting nature…now that

I have every intention 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. She sends money

but the funds she had from her

her to manage them

she was pledged to me. We’ve grown that amount

over.

from the moment she

her cell and I now get an update

her accounts. From coins for a game on her iphone to Amazon orders

the charges are subscriptions for

But that account

to her dad…

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