I Stopped Loving Him When He Let Me Bleed Out novel Chapter 461

Terrence braced himself and spoke.

"Rumor has it that you and Ms. Thorne are sworn enemies, and that she only came back to Metropolis to destroy the Fletcher Group. They're saying she's going to backstab you and the company will collapse any day now. But there's another group saying..." He choked on the words.

Finn's expression darkened, waiting for Terrence to finish.

"They're saying that you and Ms. Thorne... are having an illicit affair..."

By the time Terrence finished, a sheen of cold sweat had broken out on his forehead.

"Mr. Fletcher, those two rumors completely contradict each other, but when enough people repeat them, logic goes out the window. The entire team is panicking. If we don't crush this immediately, more people are going to walk."

Finn didn't say a word.

He sat behind his massive desk, his fingers steepled together.

"Schedule a press conference. I will handle this personally and stabilize the company."

Terrence hesitated for a moment.

"Mr. Fletcher, a press conference is the right move. But... your word alone won't be enough to kill the scandal. If Ms. Thorne could stand up there with you, one word from her would be worth a thousand of ours."

Finn looked down, his mind racing through the chaos of the past few weeks.

His father's sickening confession in the study. Maeve taking a knife for him in that dark alley. Her brutal 'we are unrelated' speech in the hospital.

And his own desperate, shattered cry of 'Mom.'

It was a tangled, suffocating knot of trauma.

Finn looked up at Terrence.

"Proceed with the press conference. Three days from now."

Terrence nodded and quickly exited the office.

-

When Sienna got off work and walked out of the Health Commission building, the sky wasn't completely dark yet.

The September evening breeze carried a crisp chill. She stood on the steps, pulling her jacket tighter around her neck, when a male colleague walked out right behind her.

It was Leonard Goring, a senior inspector who sat at the desk across from hers.

He wasn't very talkative, but he had thoroughly guided her through all the protocols a rookie needed to know.

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