After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 251

Chapter 251

Elaine woke up to warmth, and the solid weight of Liam at her front. When she opened her realized her head was resting against his chest, and his arms were wrapped around her.

eyes,

she

He shifted in his sleep, a soft sigh escaping him, and she felt his arms tighten around her as he did. Like he didn’t want to let go. Or perhaps worried that if he did, she’d vanish somehow.

She closed her eyes briefly, finding that she did not mind this. This calm morning and the gentle heat from his body.

She felt safe.

It was a nice sort of feeling. Just relaxed here with him.

He began to stir, and Elaine opened her eyes to look up at him as his own opened. And immediately, his eyes went wide, and he began to shift.

“Oh, uh, I’m sorry. I move around in my sleep, I must have…I’ll get up,” Liam said, pulling his arms away from her back as he sat up.

“It’s fine, Liam,” Elaine said, sitting up with him. “I don’t mind.”

“You don’t?” Liam asked. In that moment, her was very tempted to pull her right back down into that bed and hold her again. Though he resisted the urge. He wanted her to say more than just ‘it’s fine.‘

He wanted her to really want him.

“We should get ready anyway,” Liam prompted as he stood up, stretching his arms above his head.” Still a long way to go today. And I promise, there are better places to sleep in the future. No more shady motels.”

“I’m looking forward to it,” Elaine said as she got out of bed to begin packing.

They got their bags and headed downstairs, back to the lobby. Elaine waited near the door this time as Liam headed up to the counter. He rang the bell. Then again. Finally, on the third try, the gamma came out of the what.

“What?” he demanded, wiping his hands on his jeans.

“Just checking out,” Liam said, placing the keys on the counter.

The gamma sneered. “Yeah, yeah, hand them over.”

He took the keys from the counter, his gaze shooting across the room and over to Elaine. The way his eyes lingered on her this time made that uneasy feeling come back. It wasn’t the look of someone checking her out.

More like the look of someone trying to figure out who she was.