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.

heated embraces and possessive glances. The way he holds

single look, with one kiss, can claim

of my

touch my mouth.

is cold and controlled and

glimpses of warmth…

what give

more to our relationship.

really dangerous for a dying girl like

*

*

AARON

in the

Leah’s shuttered

as

break her is not with force.

strong for that.

and her trusting nature…now

intention of

belongs.

4/7

Here.

can feel her joy, like some

transferred. I’ve never micromanaged her finances before, because I didn’t have a reason to. She doesn’t spend a lot of money.

clothes or expensive jewelry. She

home but the funds she had from

manage them as

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

over.

wife’s. But from the moment

her whereabouts with her cell and I now get an update

to her accounts. From coins for a game on her

of the charges are subscriptions for

But

to her dad…