I Stopped Loving Him When He Let Me Bleed Out novel Chapter 291

Sienna Sterling had felt something was off about Noah all evening.

He had been overly secretive about ordering takeout and stammered when she asked for the name of the restaurant.

She walked over quietly and snatched the phone from his hand when he wasn't paying attention.

On the screen, the contact name was saved as 'Finn.'

The latest message was a photo of her looking down and drinking soup. She had no idea when he had sneakily taken it.

She swiped her finger down the screen.

The entire chat history between Noah and Finn Fletcher was right there.

She took it all in.

Furious, Sienna pointed at Noah and calmly spat out two words.

"Explain this."

Noah's mind raced.

The new phone was still in his pocket. Finn had told him to keep it a secret, and he had promised.

If he confessed now, he would have to give the phone back.

"Sienna, listen to me..." He swallowed hard. "Finn was just downstairs. He asked me to come down and get it. He cooked the food himself. I don't know where he cooked it, but he brought it over when it was done."

Sienna took a deep breath.

She remembered the time Finn had sent food to the hospital.

Penny Sawyer had brought it in, and Sienna had recognized it instantly. She refused to eat it and made Penny take it away.

She had hated him then.

And now? She didn't know.

Sienna stared at him.

"He tells you to go down, and you just go? You just do whatever he tells you to do?"

"No, it's not like that. I just think he treats you really well." Noah's voice grew quieter. "He's pursuing you so earnestly, and you're at the age to get married. I didn't think it would do any harm, so I..."

"We used to date," Sienna said, looking at him expressionlessly.

"Huh?" Noah was stunned. "Wh... what?"

"I said, we dated. For four years. Then we broke up, and he was the one who initiated it. Do you really think I'd ever go back?"

Noah's jaw dropped.

"I... I had no idea. You never told me."

Sienna's expression was indifferent, as if she were recounting someone else's story.

"Well, I'm telling you now, and now you know. You are my own brother. Are you still going to side with an outsider?"

"I..." A heavy knot formed in Noah's chest. "I'm sorry."

While waiting for the elevator, she glanced at the door opposite hers.

She had never seen this neighbor before.

But last night, when she stepped out of the elevator, she had caught a whiff of cooking—a scent that was strikingly similar to the food Finn had delivered.

Was it just a coincidence?

The elevator chimed and opened, snapping her out of her thoughts.

Mercy International Hospital.

Silas Hayes worked with astonishing efficiency.

The approval documents for the multi-center research project came down that very day. Project numbers, funding allocations, and the division of labor across the centers were all clearly outlined.

Sienna sat at her computer, scrolling through the pages one by one, unable to calm her racing heart.

"Dr. Sterling."

Dr. Clara Rhodes leaned against the cubicle partition, holding a cup of coffee with a mocking smirk playing on her lips.

"Congratulations, Principal Investigator. I've been at Mercy International for five years and never landed a grant like this."

Sienna closed the document.

"Dr. Rhodes, do you just enjoy being passive-aggressive?"

"Oh, don't be mad. We all know this was Director Hayes's special arrangement."