After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 277

Chapter 277

Elaine took a step back. “You have been helping Ayla all this time. Making sure she always had what she needed. Had connections…”

“You really thought she’d know where to hire just any old assassin?” Selim asked, chuckling. He rounded the desk.

“So it was you. Behind everything,” Elaine snapped.

“Not everything. She has quite the mind for this. Gets it from her old dad.”

Slater stepped in front of Elaine. “Come on, I’ve been buying from you for years. Surely we can talk about all this.”

“I’ve seen you around, Slater. But you don’t have the stomach for what I need in my men,” Selim said, leaning back against the desk. “Too bad I gotta kill you now too. What a waste.”

Slater turned to look at the door, then down at Elaine.

Her rising panic was clear as day. She looked up at him, now realizing what he meant. This had been a bad idea. Coming here. She should have known better.

But she’d wanted to know, so badly she’d wanted to know, what had been happening to her all these years. That perhaps Selim might have some answers for her. Perhaps he did have answers, but he wasn’t going to reveal them.

Now she and Slater were at risk.

Slater suddenly moved. Nick pulled a gun from behind him, raising it up. The shot rang out but went wide as Slater grabbed the man’s arm and shoved it to the side.

Elaine cried out and ducked down, the bullet pinging off the wall and digging into the floor.

“Elaine, run, now!” Slater yelled, wrestling with Nick.

She looked up, briefly, at Selim. He was still leaning back against the desk, a smile creasing his lips.

She turned and ran.

Slater slammed Nick’s head into the wall and followed her outside. His strides ate up the distance and he passed her before they got outside, ramming his shoulder immediately into the door to throw it open.

The force also knocked back the two guards outside.

“Get the car going!” Slater yelled.

He didn’t need to tell her twice.

Elaine ran past them as Slater wrestled one to the ground. The other was after her.

Her heart leaped up into her throat as she saw the man running at her. She turned and forced herself to go faster. The car was right there.

She pulled her purse off her shoulder, rummaging through it, then cursed as she remembered she’d given the keys to Slater. Maybe they were still in the car? Her hand reached out.

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