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

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

closer and murmured, "We're going to

didn't fight me. I got her in the car, then slid into the driver's seat, ready to peel out of there. But something caught my eye-a

hand trembled

her eyes closed, her body limp like

Monsters.

But this? This was worse than any

sped to the hospital

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

like that, I was back in the cold hallway outside the ER,

one felt like a

light above the door flicked off, and Lena walked out. She looked exhausted, but

The silence, combined with her expression,

how is she?" I asked, my voice

a nurse behind her. The nurse stepped forward

from her body," Lena said, her voice tight. "From her lower body." My stomach turned as I stared at the tray, my mind refusing to process what I was seeing. "She has over a hundred wounds," Lena continued, her tone cold