After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 279

Chapter 279

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Three days went by.

Elaine had kept up with what was happening with Slater. Lucas had been merciful, if that was the word for it. Slater wasn’t currently sitting in prison somewhere, he had been released at the border and told not to come back.

Likely under threat of death.

Elaine was just glad he was alright and had gone about trying to get into contact with him, though with little luck so far.

She’d been dragging herself through the past few days, nervous about Selim and worried for Slater.

Today, however, was different.

Today she was excited because a certain Alpha was returning from the Moonwatch territory. It felt like it’d been forever since she’d seen him, though it’d been only a little over two weeks now.

She wasn’t expecting to see him until later in the day, however. He’d said he was coming back because he had a meeting with Lucas.

Likely it was about the rogue situation, which Elaine had heard enough about in the past few days to last a lifetime.

“I’m expecting an order to come in today,” Harriet said as she walked toward the garage. “How long are you going to be home?”

Elaine glanced briefly toward the still–stained couch in the living room. “Um… a few hours, I think. Is it the new couch coming in?”

“Yup!” Harriet said.

“Send me the receipt, I’ll pay you back for it,” Elaine said before Harriet went out the door. She had work early today.

And Elaine had a house to clean.

It’d been a busy couple of days, but she finally had some time today to get this old couch out and welcome in the new one. She wiped down the counter in the kitchen, listening to the sound of Harriet’s car pull out of the driveway then vanish down the road.

She sighed.

It’d been a stressful couple of days.

A knock came at the door. Elaine perked up and set the towel down, going over to it. “Coming!” she said. Must be the movers. “I might need help moving the old one…”

She opened the door. The words caught in her throat.

Liam similed at her. “Surprise.”

“Liam!” Elaine said and immediately hugged her. He scooped her up and spun her around once before setting her back down in the doorway. His arms were like a warm barrier around her, squeezing her tight.

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“I missed you,” he said.

Elaine breathed in his familiar scent and sighed. “Me too. But I thought you had a meeting today.” Liam pulled back and looked down at her. “I do. Just found some time to see you first.”

“It’s been hectic around here since you’ve left.”

“It’s been hectic up in Moonwatch as well,” Liam said, rubbing the back of his neck. “Things haven’t exactly calmed down, but I need to speak with Lucas, so… Here I am.”

“Here you are,” Elaine said, smiling up at him. “Did you want something to drink?”

“I’m okay. I actually can’t stay very long, just wanted to say hi before going into the meeting.”

“Sounds fun,” Elaine said sarcastically, stepping back to open the door a little further. “Well, you’ll never believe what I found out while you were gone.”

“I can’t wait to hear it,” Liam said, then clasped his hands together. “Unfortunately…”

“It has to wait,” she said, her tone deflating.

“We can talk more later. Promise,” Liam said, stepping back out. “I’ll see you later, Elly.”

“Rage.”

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