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

and possessive glances. The way he holds me at night, or does

look, with one

of my body.

my mouth.

controlled and closed off.

these glimpses of warmth…

what give me hope.

there is more to our relationship.

hope is really dangerous for a dying girl like n

*

*

AARON

wait in the hallway and listen.

hear Leah’s shuttered

as

her is

too strong

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

intention of keeping her where she

belongs.

4/7

Here.

walls and distance surround us, I swear I can feel her joy, like

before, because I didn’t have a reason

or expensive jewelry. She

the funds she had from her dowry were

to manage them as she chose to.

when she was pledged

over.

the moment she went ‘missing’ last week,

with her cell and I now get

changes to her accounts. From coins for a game on her

charges are subscriptions for

But that

to her dad…