After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 240

Chapter 240

Lucas drummed his fingers along his desk. His laptop sat open in front of him, and his old policy note set to the side. He’d been staring at it for the better part of an hour, wondering if he should make any more changes.

He’d already amended several of the key points, though he was far more interested in stripping power from corporations and handing it back to the common people.

Yet it was this exact policy that almost got him killed. Kaine had not taken to it very well at all. Lucas knew the policy needed to be reviewed and pushed through the Elder Council, but he felt a sort of apprehension to do so.

He sighed, rubbing the sides of his temple.

His mind kept going back to last night and his conversation with Elaine. Now that he’d allowed himself to feel it, regret was all that was consuming him today.

There was so much he could have done differently. So much he wished he had. But Elaine had been right last night.

Hindsight was a bitch.

Lucas drummed his fingers along the desk, exhaling heavily as he stared at the old policy, printed out in dark ink. Maybe he should do this in steps. Take a little power each time.

It would certainly help ease the transition.

Before he could think of what to type out, the door to his office opened. He looked up, half–expecting to see Ayla burst through the door, crying out,

“You’re not paying attention to me!”

Or perhaps…

“You’ve been working far to hard. Come and sit with me.‘

It horrified him to think he actually missed that, knowing the kind of person Ayla was now. But those quiet moments he found himself missing.

It was not Ayla who walked through the door, but Kyle. He strode in, setting a stack of papers on the edge of the desk. Lucas groaned.

Kyle smirked. “Happy to be back?”

“There is a certain calm in the monotony,” Lucas replied. “There is so much to catch up on.”

“I wouldn’t mind aiding you. You certainly have more than enough paperwork to deal with on your own,” Kyle mused, thumbing through some of the official reports.

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