I Stopped Loving Him When He Let Me Bleed Out novel Chapter 602

Finn set his fork down and looked at Lily with total sincerity.

"Expecting an unborn child to fulfill your unachieved life goals is fundamentally a form of intergenerational compensation. In layman's terms, it is like a bird that failed to fly high expecting its offspring to soar in its place."

The entire suite plunged into a dead silence.

Lily's smile remained plastered on her face, but it had frozen solid into an expression of pure shock.

Isaac dropped his silverware, staring at Finn in absolute disbelief.

Xavier halted his wine glass inches from his lips, completely dumbfounded.

Holly nervously shifted her gaze between Finn and Lily, her heart pounding in her chest.

Sienna forcefully shoved Finn's shoulder.

"What the hell are you talking about? Are you drunk?"

Finn turned his head slowly, his brow furrowed in genuine confusion.

"I have not consumed alcohol. Why did you push me? Was my psychological assessment factually incorrect?"

Sienna was on the verge of a full-blown aneurysm. Even constantly reminding herself that he was medically ill couldn't stop her boiling rage.

"That's enough. Do not say another word."

But Finn dug his heels in, glaring defiantly at Sienna.

"Why am I prohibited from speaking?"

He swept his gaze across the stunned table.

"If we are gathered for a meal, does that not imply we are friends? Are friends not obligated to exchange factual truths? Or would you prefer I fabricate hypocritical pleasantries like the rest of you? Is that not deceitful?"

Sienna couldn't sit there another second. She looked apologetically at the group.

"I am so, so sorry. There is a valid reason for this, and I promise I'll explain everything to you all later. Tonight is entirely our fault. Finn and I are leaving."

She grabbed Finn's arm, trying to haul him out of his chair.

But Finn remained bolted to his seat, immovable as a mountain.

The tension in the room escalated from awkward to suffocating.

His fingers began to rapidly cycle through a repetitive motion: clenching, unclenching, clenching, unclenching. The rhythm accelerated violently, as if his brain was trapped in an inescapable glitch.

Holly finally noticed his terrifying physical reaction and gasped, "What's happening to him?" Lily turned to look, letting out a startled cry and covering her mouth in horror.

Sienna immediately shot up from her chair, shoved it aside, and dropped to her knees in front of him. She grabbed both of his wrists in a vice grip, physically forcing his frantic hands to stop.

"Finn, look at me."

His eyes were entirely vacant, totally unresponsive to the world around him.

Sienna framed his face with both hands, desperately trying to pull him out of the abyss.

"Baby, look at me."

Hearing the word 'baby', Finn miraculously anchored onto her voice. His pupils contracted slowly, finally locking onto Sienna's face.

Standing a few feet away, Isaac watched Sienna's frantic intervention and Finn's total system failure.

He voiced his shock.

"Is Finn..."