Chapter 43: The Ghost Files
The next morning, Lena woke before the sun.
Jay was still asleep beside her, one arm loosely wrapped around her waist, his features soft for once—unguarded. It almost didn’t feel real. After everything, after the secrets and betrayals and near-escapes, she’d finally spent a night in his bed... but it hadn’t been about s*x.
It had been about trust.
Lena carefully slipped out of the covers and padded across the room. She didn’t want to snoop. But something Jay said last night had lingered in her mind:
“The truth is locked in what Elijah left behind.”
He mentioned Elijah’s old files—confidential reports, encrypted documents. Maybe if she could just find a clue...
In Jay’s private study, the drawer he’d once told her never to open now sat slightly ajar.
Hesi
