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 there,

get referred to DracoLux she wasn't running anymore. Demi wasn't going to live as a victim, not when she could expose the monsters behind

her closer

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

trembled on the

eyes closed, her body limp like a doll

Monsters.

men did to women. But this? This was worse than any nightmare I'd

the hospital like my life

Chapter 118

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The second I hit the brakes, they got Demi on a stretcher and

I was back in the cold hallway outside

one felt like a

off, and Lena walked out. She looked exhausted, but there

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

is she?" I asked, my voice

right away. Instead, she nodded at a nurse behind her. The nurse

has over a hundred wounds," Lena continued, her tone cold