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.

figuring out how to navigate life

broke bright and

out and saw a message from Cedric Zade, [We've cast the lead actress. She's a new starlet

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

a gorgeous woman with cascading curls. It was none other than Liliana, Finnian's first love, whom she'd seen at the

convulsed, her phone nearly slipping out of

phone buzzed on the other side of the bed. It was his personal phone without any trade secret contained, which wasn't set to hide notifications. Amara couldn't help but see Liliana's message flash across the screen, [Finn, I'm pregnant. We're

having a child? An overwhelming sharp pain spread

opened with a bang, and Finnian emerged, a towel wrapped

gripping the blanket tightly to hide her red-rimmed eyes. Even as she tried to keep her composure, her knuckles whitened,

her lip, fighting back the urge to choke up and replied steadily, "I'm

behind. Finnian had only asked out of courtesy.

what he was doing. She didn't look back, pretending to be engrossed in her own phone, though her vision

rushed into the bathroom, splashing water on her face, forcing herself

doesn't quite match