I Stopped Loving Him When He Let Me Bleed Out novel Chapter 544

As he spoke, he pressed himself flush against her again.

The hard ridges of his abs ground against her waist through the thin fabric of her pajamas. His body heat radiated like a furnace.

Trapped in his arms, Sienna felt entirely consumed by his embrace.

The overwhelming physical intimacy only made her feel suffocated. She couldn't breathe.

"I'm seriously exhausted today," she repeated, her tone slightly sharper this time.

Finn loosened his grip and looked down at her.

The heat hadn't entirely faded from his eyes.

"Are you in a bad mood today? Why? Talk to me."

When Sienna was tired, the last thing she wanted to do was talk.

It wasn't that she refused to communicate with him; she literally lacked the energy to string a sentence together.

She just wanted to be left alone in total silence. She didn't want to respond to anyone, and she certainly didn't want to manage anyone's emotions.

But Finn was still waiting.

He was still holding her, his palm resting flat against her back. His thumb stroked her shoulder blade in slow, rhythmic circles.

It felt like he was trying to coax the words out of her.

A sudden wave of irritation flared in Sienna's chest. She shoved him away.

"I just don't want to do it. Is that so hard to understand?"

The second the words left her mouth, she knew she had crossed a line.

Her tone had been too harsh. It wasn't how you spoke to someone you loved.

Finn froze.

His hand stopped moving against her back, slowly slipping down to rest at his side.

He stared at her, the hurt in his eyes deepening from a fleeting shadow into a suffocating wave of despair.

He looked like a child who had just been yelled at for no reason, utterly confused about what he had done wrong.

"We haven't been intimate lately," he murmured, his voice dropping into a cautious, tentative whisper. "It's been a whole week..."

Finn stood in front of her, shirtless, every muscle perfectly defined under the light. It was the primal instinct of a man displaying his physical dominance to his partner.

Look at me. I'm right here. Why don't you want me?

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