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.

was figuring out how to navigate

bright

out and saw a message from Cedric Zade, [We've cast the lead actress. She's a new starlet this year. Let me know what

and her latest script, "Whispers of Winter", was about to begin filming. Casting was in

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

body convulsed, her phone nearly slipping out of her

was his personal phone without any trade secret contained, which wasn't set to hide notifications. Amara couldn't help but

a child? An overwhelming sharp pain spread across

bathroom door opened with a bang, and Finnian emerged, a towel wrapped around his waist, steam rising off his freshly showered

as she tried to keep her

the urge

only asked out of courtesy.

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

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

Cedric, [Her acting is decent, but she doesn't quite