I Stopped Loving Him When He Let Me Bleed Out novel Chapter 322

She had fantasized about a scene exactly like this for so long.

Back when she was with Finn, she used to daydream about their future. She imagined them getting married, having a daughter, and going out for weekend family dinners.

He would order the food, she would tend to the baby, their daughter would make a fuss, and he would gently coax her into behaving.

She would just sit beside them, watching and smiling.

She had envisioned life after marriage with Finn countless times, but in the end, it remained nothing more than an illusion.

Yet today, it was actually happening.

Sienna didn't know if this was fate's way of finally compensating her.

The food arrived.

Maya ended up with tomato sauce smeared all over her mouth. Sienna grabbed a napkin to wipe her face, while Silas efficiently cut up a steak beside them, swapping his finished plate with Sienna's.

It made her think of her own childhood. Her house had always been a battleground of constant screaming—her mother demanding and overbearing, her father meek and useless.

Her mother resented her for being a girl and never once showed her a shred of warmth.

Her father had wanted to protect her, but he was too weak to ever actually intervene.

More than once, she had promised herself that when she built her own family, she would give her child the blissful, secure childhood she had been denied.

How incredibly fortunate she felt in this moment.

Today, she got a tiny taste of that dream coming true.

This overwhelming sense of warmth and belonging had been given to her by Silas and Maya.

She glanced up at Silas, who was focused on slicing another piece of steak.

Maya leaned against her shoulder, wrapping her tiny, warm arms around Sienna's neck.

Sienna instinctively pulled her closer, resting her chin on the top of the little girl's head.

In this moment, happiness had a physical form.

She was almost afraid to move, terrified that the slightest shift would shatter the illusion.

Her phone buzzed.

Sienna picked it up and glanced at the screen.

It was Lily James.

"Sienna! Check the news right now! Finn is absolutely ruthless!"

Sienna tapped the link Lily had sent.

It was a personal statement released by Finn.

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