After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Not that that would have stopped her in the first place.

She moved to the desk first, yanking out drawers and riffling through papers. It didn’t help that she wasn’t exactly sure what she should be looking for. Her name? A number? There were lots of papers with numbers in here.

A hundred thousand dollars.

She was giddy just thinking about it. But she needed to try to focus on finding concrete evidence of the donation. A date. Anything.

So she continued her search.

The drawers in the office produced nothing. She slammed them closed with contempt, turning about herself as she looked around. A file cabinet! She should have known.

Ayla hurried up to it, yanking at the top drawer. Locked. She tested the other drawers as well. All of them locked. A frown pulled at her features.

Though if he were locking this cabinet, that meant something important was inside. And what was more important than her? It had to be in here, she just needed a key.

Knowing Lucas, it was likely hidden somewhere in here.

“Alright…where did you hide it…?” Ayla muttered to herself as she began to search. Not in the desk, she would have seen it before. The bookshelf? She started pulling books out, checking for hidden compartments or carved- out pages.

Nothing.

Ayla huffed, slamming a book back into its place on the shelf. “Where is it?” she snapped, whirling back around.

That’s when she heard it.

Footsteps were coming from the hallway and growing louder. Was someone coming back? She thought she had more time.

Ayla quickly scanned the room for a hiding spot. The only place was the desk. She ran to it, crawling beneath just

in time.

The door opened.

“…is waiting, Alpha.” That was Kyle’s voice.

Ayla pressed a hand over her mouth, her back against the wooden panel of the desk.

“Give me a minute. I forgot my case.” Lucas.

Ayla glanced beside her. A briefcase. Her eyes widened. Lucas footsteps were approaching the desk. He’d round it any moment, look beneath and see her–