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 was

froze, staring at the bills. "Why did you take

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

her head, her voice flat. "There's no way out. I have to take

After everything she'd been through, how could I tell her to

stories. Those people had broken her, and

the table: Demi hadn't wanted risotto or pork belly-she just needed space to deal with her

and headed to Hayden's

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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 rushed closer, only to realize they

prepared me for how bad it actually was. My chest tightened

broke through,

his eyes flicked to me.

down to

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