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

Chapter 722

Chapter 722

I instinctively hid the bag behind my back, which only made the two men chuckle as they stepped into the elevator.

When the doors closed, I turned toward Demi's room. But after a few steps, unease hit me like a punch in the gut. Something was off.

I spun around, staring at the elevator doors. My heart was pounding before I even realized I was running.

"Demi!" I yelled, shoving her door open.

She blinked at me, startled. "What's wrong?"

Nothing had happened-at least not to me. But the fear that something might've happened to her had me panicked.

Seeing her sitting there, fine, I exhaled sharply and stepped inside. As I went to set the food on her bedside table, my eyes caught something-a fat stack of cash. Hush money.

My stomach churned as it clicked. Those two men had been here to make sure Demi stayed quiet.

you help me put this money away?" Demi's voice

staring at the bills. "Why did you

blankly at the ceiling. "Because taking it makes them think I'll keep my mouth shut. It's the

was hollow, her face resigned. It broke something in me. "Demi, we don't have to

flat. "There's no way out. I have to

through, how could I tell

Those people had broken her, and she had every right to

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and headed to

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anyone looking for something from him wouldn't get much out of coma patient. When I walked in, two doctors were hovering over him. My heart jumped, and I

was.

through, stopping the

his eyes flicked to me. "Come here," he said

my hand, pulling me down to sit beside him. "Don't look," he murmured, his voice firm

now, in this much pain, he didn't want me to see