CHAPTER 70 – THE COLLAPSE

We arrived at the hospital just past midnight, the corridors quiet and dim, nothing like the chaotic energy of my earlier visit that same morning.Jace hadn't said much during the drive, still processing his own father's confession from only an hour earlier, and I hadn't pushed him to talk, both of us carrying separate versions of the same exhausting grief.A doctor met us near the nurses station, expression carefully neutral in the particular way medical professionals learn to deliver difficult news.Mr Monroe, he said. Thank you for coming so quickly.What happened, I asked. The message said his condition changed.He suffered a second cardiac event approximately an hour ago, the doctor explained. More severe than the first. We've stabilized him for now, but I won't minimize the seriousness of his current condition.Is he conscious, I asked.In and out, the doctor said. He's been asking for you specifically since he regained partial awareness.Has anyone else visited today, I asked,

Last Updated : 2026-08-27

CHAPTER 71 – TOGETHER

Add sex scene to this chapter Jace read the message twice before turning the screen toward me, and I watched something conflicted cross his face as I read Marcus’s words for myself.Not tonight, Jace typed back, thumb hovering before finally pressing send. Tomorrow. Somewhere public. I need time to think first.He set the phone down and exhaled slowly, shoulders dropping as though he’d been holding tension there for hours without realizing it.That’s the right call, I said. Whatever he wants to tell you, it’ll still be true tomorrow morning.Jace nodded, though exhaustion had clearly overtaken whatever urgency the message initially stirred in him.Thank you, he said quietly, glancing over at me. For staying steady through all of this. I don’t know how I’d have gotten through today without you.You don’t have to thank me for that, I said. That’s just what this is now. Both of us, steadying each other.He reached over and took my hand, threading our fingers together as we walked toward

Last Updated : 2026-08-30

All Chapters of MINE TO BULLY : Chapter 71 - Chapter 72

CHAPTER 70 – THE COLLAPSE

CHAPTER 71 – TOGETHER