Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 718

"Demi, Demi..."

I bolted out of the car and grabbed her, calling her name in panic.

No response. I tilted her face toward me, hoping for some sign of recognition, but when I saw her clearly, my breath hitched.

Her face was unrecognizable-swollen, bruised, her eyes barely open. There were gashes on her cheeks, and her lips? So busted they didn't even look human.

I didn't need a detailed story. I knew.

Hayden was rights I was too late.

"I'm calling the cops," I said, my voice shaky as fury and heartbreak churned inside me.

"No, don't..." Her hand weakly gripped my arm.

I froze, staring at her. She managed the smallest smile, but it was broken, jagged, like it hurt her more than it comforted me.

"Why?" My voice cracked.

"Because... I need evidence," she whispered, her tone faint but steady.

stood

that moment, it all clicked. Her fear of returning, her decision to get referred to DracoLux she wasn't running anymore. Demi wasn't going to live as a victim, not when

closer and

slid into the driver's seat, ready to peel out of there. But something caught my eye-a dark, wet

hand trembled on the

seat, her eyes closed, her body limp like a doll someone

Monsters.

to women. But this? This

to the hospital like my life

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her team were already waiting. The second I

that, I was back in the

passed. Each one

out. She looked exhausted, but there was something else-something dark

with her expression, sent an icy chill spreading through

she?" I asked, my voice barely above a

answer right away. Instead, she nodded at a nurse behind her. The nurse stepped forward with a tray full of... things.

process what I was seeing. "She has over a hundred wounds," Lena continued, her tone cold and sharp. "Her lower body is severely torn. Uterine rupture. Massive internal bleeding. A