Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 125

Touche.

Smart girl.

I can’t insist on being married and then treat her like a stranger. Even if I shouldn’t mix business with pleasure.

“125 total, and I compromise to sell back 1%.”

She shakes her head. “This is my family’s corporation, Aaron. We need to get back control of it.”

“I am your family, Leah. You don’t get to pull that card only when it suits you.”

Equal shares would mean we’d have to vote and interact on decisions. He ll, I let her run the show today only because I respect her opinions and I wanted to see what she’d do with this

situation.

I can dismantle this company and sell it off. I can bring in external investors and not disrupt my own cash flow. There are a dozen deals that can be made to liquidate. Not to mention that with Pack Roberts being in debt as bad as it is, I can get those lenders to call in their loans and crush Roberts Corp in one fell

blow.

More gently I say, “You do know you’re in no position to

negotiate, right? I’ve reviewed all the financials, honey.”

She swallows hard but holds my gaze. “You can’t have it both ways, either, Aaron. You’re either with me or against me.”

She’s throwing my words back in my face and I can’t even fault her for it.

“Fifty percent. Even shares. And I give you the capital. I’ll pay the interest on your other loans, so they don’t call them in. Princess,” I warn her. “I can destroy this company.” I glance at Liam briefly. “And you both know it. This is my final offer. Take it or leave it.”

LEAH

I took Aaron’s deal.

not like we had better options and we both knew it. I came in high hoping we’d land where we did, and if I’m being totally honest,

Liam is furious.

as well as several of the wolves that accompanied him. Liam has his own

“Where?”

still smell the s*x on the hardwood and, no

My face burns.

going to apologize. I’m

elevator. There is a scanner that he places his hand on and it brings us to a higher, unlisted

silently and there is a flurry of activity. At least a dozen people occupy

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plan to work from here or stay here, you can occupy it. The couch is comfortable enough and the bathroom has a shower in

“What is this floor?”

designed specifically for unmanned, autonomous

see the mechanical aspects of drones and spider-looking robotics, and even simpler models that look like

kind

is like

do you mean

have a multi-billion dollar DoD contract if we can deliver on

software?” I ask

capable of acting independently

This is… terrifying.

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