Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 5

Amara clutched the blanket tightly, her voice barely above a whisper. "I thought you tossed it away."

She didn't dare glance at Finnian's face, sensing his surprise through the heavy silence that hung in the air. Then came his voice, a slight lilt at the end. "It's good, why would I do that?"

Amara pressed her lips together, staying silent. Every time she had tried to bring him a meal, he'd refuse to see her. She'd even witnessed his assistant tossing out the food she'd lovingly prepared.

"Why so quiet?"

Finnian's voice broke the silence, as deep and resonant as a cello in the night.

"It's nothing. Let's just sleep," Amara murmured back.

There was no point in dwelling on why Finnian might have drunk the soup she made. They were heading for a divorce, after all, and fussing over these things wouldn't change a thing.

mattered now was figuring out how to navigate

bright and

she reached out and saw a message from Cedric Zade, [We've cast the lead

"Whispers of Winter", was about to begin filming. Casting was

stared at the image of a gorgeous woman with cascading curls. It was none other than Liliana, Finnian's

phone nearly slipping out

which wasn't set to hide notifications. Amara couldn't

widened slowly. They were having a child? An overwhelming sharp

Finnian emerged, a towel wrapped around

tightly to hide her red-rimmed eyes. Even as she tried to keep her composure, her knuckles whitened, alerting Finnian that something was off. "What's

her lip, fighting back the urge to choke up and

had only asked out of

didn't look back, pretending to be engrossed in her own phone, though her

room, and Amara rushed into the bathroom, splashing water on her face, forcing herself to stay

acting is decent, but she doesn't quite match the