Chapter 324

"Someone just chased me with a knife. I'm at the hospital now. Can you come stay with me? I'm too scared to tell my parents—I don't want them to worry," Jenna said. Her tearful voice cut through James' thoughts like a blade. He paced back and forth, unsettled. After a long pause, he finally said, "I'm coming now." "Okay. I'll wait for you." After the call ended, Jenna sent him the hospital's address and her room number. James' brows knitted together tightly. There was a fire burning in his chest that he couldn't release, and it was suffocating him. Ethan had left with Wendy, so there shouldn't have been anything to worry about. But no matter how he tried to shake it, James couldn't stop thinking about the way Wendy and Ethan had walked off just now. That image of her leaving so resolutely kept replaying in his mind. Did she really not feel even a shred of hesitation? His grip on the phone tightened. He shut his eyes and turned toward his car. Damn it! He hated how strongly Wen