Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 1

"Mrs. Everly, here are the divorce papers. Please have a look, and if everything's alright, just sign at the bottom."

Amara stared at the papers in front of her, feeling a buzzing silence in her mind that drowned out everything else.

"Mrs. Everly?"

Seeing her lost in thought, Will Zade waved a hand in front of her eyes to get her attention.

Snapping back to reality, Amara asked, one of bafflement, "Finnian wants to divorce me?"

Her face was partially hidden behind a mask, but her dewy eyes, filled with confusion and sadness, were visible. Will felt a pang of sympathy and looked away.

"Yes, Mr. Finnian Everly mentioned that with Mrs. Grace Everly's passing, there's no need to continue this marriage, so he wants to proceed with the divorce."

Amara felt a sharp pain in her heart, but it was accompanied by a strange sense of relief, as if a weight had finally been lifted off her shoulder.

Three years ago, to bring some joy to Grace in her final days, Amara, the second daughter of the Sullivan family, who had once been disfigured, married into the Everly family and became Finnian's wife.

couple of times-once on

never came home, clearly disregarding her as his wife. She

"Mrs. Everly?"

of silence, Amara suddenly picked up a pen and signed her name decisively. Will quickly

"No need."

and pushed the divorce papers back

initially approached her, they had compensated her generously, enough for her to live comfortably

life.

had liked Finnian since high school, an infatuation that lasted eight years.

come back home then." Keeping a woman

turned to head upstairs, holding back the tears

"Ely, I'm divorced."

the window, calling her friend Elysia Moon, who sounded shocked. "You got divorced?

"Yes."

so heartless! Not coming home for three years was bad enough, but now he wants

Hearing her friend's indignation,

lips together. "It's no big deal, He told me from the start that he was marrying me just to make Mrs.

spoke. Even though she told herself to move

how could you be so silly?" Elysia

deeply Amara doved Finnian. Remembering all the things Amara had done for Finnian over