The Years Between Signing and Seeing novel Chapter 541

Seeing Chester frown at her words, Suzie elaborated.

"So, this has nothing to do with whether he cares or not. Taking a massive step back, whatever we had is entirely in the past. If he cares, that's exclusively his problem."

Hearing Suzie's resolute stance on Jamie, Chester found himself at a loss for words. He knew Jamie well, and he was absolutely certain the man wouldn't just walk away from her.

However, Chester also believed that Jamie's refusal to let go wasn't just him being stubborn. He genuinely cared about her.

...

Two days later.

Delilah Mercer returned to the studio for another shoot.

This set of black-and-white photos leaned into a modern, edgy aesthetic. Per the contract requirements, she was styled with bare legs, barefoot, wearing only a loose, oversized white button-down shirt fastened by a single middle button.

Her hair was styled to look damp, giving off a cold, captivating allure.

But it was exactly this revealing outfit that allowed Suzie to notice more bruising on Delilah's body. Some of the marks even looked fresh.

They hadn't seen each other in two days. Were these new bruises from yesterday or the day before?

The injuries Suzie had spotted last time were already alarming enough, but seeing even more—and fresh ones at that—made her blood run cold.

Suzie was certain this wasn't the result of some random altercation. Without exaggeration, the girl was likely enduring chronic, systematic abuse.

It was the kind of tragedy Suzie had personally experienced in her youth, the kind she had seen plastered across local news channels...

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