Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 721

Chapter 721

Gwen’s POV

The phone was still in Nick’s hand when he shot to his feet.

The blanket fell to the floor and I nearly tripped over it, but he was already pulling me by the wrist, already opening the door, already moving.

I grabbed my bag.

Instinct, not logic.In the hallway, I felt my heart beating somewhere it didn’t belong.

Like it had dropped into my stomach.

“What happened?” I asked, already in the elevator, my voice breaking.

Nick shook his head.

“They didn’t give many details,” he replied, his tone that of a man trying to keep his voice steady so he wouldn’t fall apart.

” They just told me to come to the hospital and get Bella.” The doors opened into the garage.

Cold air hit my face and I almost thanked it for existing, because at least it reminded me I still had control over my legs.

Nick unlocked the car, opened the door for me, and I got in with the clumsy urgency of someone who didn’t want to lose a second.

He slid into the driver’s seat and shoved the key into the ignition.

The engine turned.

up and, for a second, I

The night.

The parking lot.

Our car.

Nick’s hardened face.

hands shaking in

shifted into

“Wait,” I said.

He froze instantly, foot on

“Gwen, we don’t have time.”

“I know,”

tell you something.”

of focus that senses something important

“What?” he asked.

my throat

started, and heard the sound of my own hesitation as

I hated hesitating.

had a plan.” Nick went

voice already edged with steel I took a

Then another.

“To catch Renee outside of… legal channels,” I

silence inside the car

Nick tightened his grip on the steering

you do?”

closed my eyes for a

alone,” I said quickly, because I needed him to understand I hadn’t lost

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