After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 131

Blaine felt as if she couldn’t breathe. She held her chest. Liam noticed and took a step closer to her side.

“An episode?” he whispered to her.

She wasn’t so sure but something tight curled inside her. She turned and rushed back in. The others trailed behind, Volk the last to follow, a question in his gaze. Yet he kept quiet for now, interested in seeing brow Maine would handle this.

“A hundred thousand dollars,” Nancy said as she turned in the lobby to look at them. The commotion had brought Adrian out as well. “A hundred thousand dollars. That was our anonymous donation, then. He might have stolen the reports.”

“How?” Liam asked. “There isn’t a way he could have done so! Besides, that isn’t proof that we used that money for anything but this foundation.”

“I… the documents of purchasing the apartment units,” Adrian said. “They did not mention the purchase. Just the money going out.”

“What?” Nancy snapped, whirling around to face Adrian. “Why wouldn’t you write it down? How could you be so careless!”

“I was in a hurry! I thought it would be obvious where the money was going! Besides, the bank statements tell where everything went. I was planning on adding it our own reports later,” Adrian replied.

“It doesn’t matter. We need to keep things organized, or else things like this can happen!” Nancy yelled.

Elaine stood off to the side, rubbing her chest to try and ease the ache. The accusation hurt more than anything else. Those people all thought she’d committed fraud simply for her own gain.

“You’re certain it was those documents that were stolen?” Liam asked.

Adrian ran his fingers through his hair. “We can always check.”

“Go, then. Hope that it isn’t,” Nancy ordered.

Adrian growled out a breath but didn’t argue. He left the lobby to quickly run down to the storeroom and check. Silence followed his departure.

“It shouldn’t be possible,” Elaine said, at last, taking a deep breath. Things seemed to just keep getting worse. First with Matthew, now the foundation itself?

She continued, “He could have falsified the information. A keycard is needed to even get downstairs.”

“You have a point there. Someone can’t come wondering in off the street and steal documents from us.” Nancy moved toward the coffee bar but only to pour herself some water. “It should be easy to disprove any false evidence. We can report it to the police as well.”

“This wouldn’t happen if the foundation was in my territory,” Liam said.

Elaine sighed. “Liam…”

“No. I’m serious. I wouldn’t allow it. But Lucas? I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s behind this.”

She shook her head, hugging herself. She didn’t believe it. Even with everything Lucas had done to her before the divorce, she didn’t think he’d be so proactive to destroy something like this.

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It wasn’t him.

Adrian returned then, empty–handed.

“Well?” Nancy prompted.

He could only take a breath, fathering himself, before speaking. “They’re gone.”

Everyone went quiet, so he continued.

“The reports of the donation and the money being sent out are gone. Those reports weren’t falsified…”

Nancy’s jaw worked. “It’s still stolen property.”

“How did they get in?” Elaine mused.