Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

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.

watched the dashboard light up and, for a second, I saw

The night.

The parking lot.

Our car.

Nick’s hardened face.

hands shaking

Nick shifted into

“Wait,” I said.

froze instantly, foot on the brake, and looked

we don’t have

“I know,”

tell you something.” His gaze

that senses something

“What?” he asked.

word caught in my throat for a

started, and heard the sound of my own

I hated hesitating.

a plan.”

he asked, his voice already edged with

Then another.

catch Renee outside of… legal channels,” I

inside

Nick tightened his grip on the steering

did you do?” he

my eyes for a second, then opened them, meeting

“I didn’t do it alone,” I said quickly, because I