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 there,

to get referred to DracoLux she wasn't running anymore. Demi wasn't going to live as a

say? I pulled her closer and murmured, "We're going to the

the car, then slid into the driver's seat, ready to

trembled on the

at Demi slumped in the passenger seat, her eyes closed, her body limp like a

Monsters.

heard the rumors-what those men did to women. But this? This

called Lena and sped to the hospital like my life

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and her team were already waiting. The second I hit the brakes, they got Demi on a stretcher

back in the cold hallway

Each one felt like

above the door flicked off, and Lena walked out. She looked exhausted, but there was something else-something

with her expression, sent an icy

she?" I asked, my voice barely

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

my mind refusing to 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