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.

moments. The tender

he holds me

look, with one kiss,

of my

touch my

and controlled

these glimpses of warmth…

are what give me

is more to our

hope… hope is really dangerous for a dying girl like

*

*

AARON

wait in the

Leah’s

as I’ve

to break her is not with

strong for

is big and open and her trusting nature…now that is a

every intention of

belongs.

4/7

Here.

us, I swear I can feel her joy, like some force of positive energy radiating from her

see that funds have been transferred. I’ve never micromanaged her finances before, because I didn’t have a reason to.

expensive jewelry.

but the funds she had from her

allowed her to manage them as she chose

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

over.

from the moment she went ‘missing’ last week, that all ended.

her whereabouts with her cell and I now get an update

for a game on

of the charges are subscriptions for regular,

items and necessities. But that

to her dad…