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 tender ones.

way he holds me at night, or does something unexpectedly

a single look, with one kiss, can claim

of my

my

controlled and closed off.

these glimpses of warmth…

give me hope.

maybe there is more

for a dying girl like n

*

*

AARON

in the hallway and

hear Leah’s

confused her, as I’ve

to break her is not with

strong

trusting nature…now that is a prime

of keeping

belongs.

4/7

Here.

I can feel her joy, like some force of positive

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

into fancy clothes or expensive jewelry. She

funds she had from

her to manage

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

over.

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

cell and I now

her accounts. From coins for a game on

are subscriptions for regular,

But that account

to her dad…