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.

just stood

DracoLux she wasn't running anymore. Demi wasn't going to live as a victim, not

could I say? I pulled her closer

then slid into the driver's seat, ready to peel out of there. But something

hand trembled

Demi slumped in the passenger seat, her eyes

Monsters.

heard the rumors-what those men did to women. But this? This was worse than any nightmare

called Lena and sped to the hospital like

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like that, I was back in

hours passed. Each one felt like

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

The silence, combined with her expression, sent an icy chill

is she?" I asked, my voice barely above a

a nurse behind her. The nurse stepped

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