I Stopped Loving Him When He Let Me Bleed Out novel Chapter 477

Sienna instinctively shot a guilty look at Finn.

He was staring down at his phone, his thumb lazily swiping across the screen, utterly absorbed in whatever he was looking at.

A sickening wave of guilt washed over her chest.

She had literally just promised she would be there for him.

She couldn't shatter that promise immediately.

She tore her eyes away.

"I'm so sorry, but I'm completely booked tomorrow morning."

The line went dead quiet for a beat.

When Isaac spoke again, his tone was far more grave.

"No, the fault is mine. I completely forgot it's Saturday. With your new government posting, weekends are strictly off-limits. I shouldn't have disturbed you."

Hearing him take the blame only twisted the knife deeper into her gut.

"No, no, that's not it at all. You're the one going wildly out of your way to help me, and I can't thank you enough. It's just... I have a personal conflict."

Isaac pressed forward anyway.

"Listen, this is incredibly time-sensitive. I promised I'd back your play, and I intend to see it through. I just unearthed this trail, and if we wait too long, Elias and his backers are going to move. They already know a full-scale audit is coming; there is zero chance they sit back and let you build a case. If we delay, this entire lead goes up in smoke, and it will gut your investigation."

His logic was terrifyingly bulletproof, laying out the absolute stakes in brutal clarity.

Sienna knew exactly what she had to do.

She had practically sworn a blood oath to Director Huntington.

This investigation was a once-in-a-lifetime slingshot for her career.

She had to seize it by the throat, no matter the cost.

The meeting was absolutely critical; there could be no delays.

Over the phone, she could hear the frantic rustle of paper. Isaac was still locked in his office this late at night, drowning in files just to hand her the kill shot.

And here she was, trying to punt the meeting.

"What time tomorrow?" she asked in defeat.

"Nine AM. It won't drag on; I just need to walk you through the evidence."

Sienna cast another agonizing glance at Finn.

Isaac is running point on the backdoor equipment deals. He had absolutely zero obligation to stick his neck out for me, but he is risking everything. I cannot betray that trust, so..."

She rattled off the frantic explanation at lightning speed, her heart racing a mile a minute.

But as the words poured out, Finn's expression froze over into an icy, impenetrable mask.

His eyes clouded with an intense, suffocating emotion she couldn't begin to decode.

The rest of her sentence abruptly died in her throat.

"Finn, you're furious, aren't you?" she whispered.

Finn casually waved a hand, the gesture painfully dismissive.

"Not at all. You need to chase your ambitions. Honestly, I envy you for having the freedom to do exactly what you want."

Sienna sat entirely paralyzed by confusion for a split second.

Before she could untangle the meaning behind his bitter words, he spoke again.

"Let's just leave it at that."

She stared deep into his eyes.