Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 14

Finnian had just finished his soup when he walked over and asked, "Hey, what's up with you?"

Amara shook her head. "I'm fine."

She spoke without meeting Finnian's eyes, and then she worriedly headed upstairs.

Watching her retreating figure, Finnian furrowed his brows. What's going on with her? She'd been distracted ever since earlier.

Back in her room, Amara scrolled through her contacts and found Keith, someone she hadn't been in touch with for ages.

When she checked Keith's Facebook, she noticed she was blocked. No wonder she hadn't seen any updates from him in so long. Amara couldn't help but laugh wryly at the situation.

Later that evening, Finnian was on his way back to the office for a late meeting when he received a call from Liliana.

"Hey, Finn."

"Do you know about the 'Whispers of Winter' project? I really want to be in it. The

it, he simply said, "Don't worry about

"Great. You're the best."

a way to get Liliana a part. The name of the project seemed oddly familiar to him. Had he heard it somewhere

Amara moving to the Everly house, where she buried herself in her room rewriting scripts, rarely

also busy with early starts and late returns, making it nearly impossible for them to cross paths,

day of shooting arrived. Amara hailed a cab to

on, the actors for the lead roles are here. You have to

and wasn't particularly impressed, but since Stella was cast as the character she had created, Amara

woman with red lips, smiling at her and Cedric. Amara was taken aback. Wasn't that Liliana? What was

this is Liliana. She graduated from the Film Academy, modeled during college, and even did some acting abroad for a couple of years. She will be playing Isabella, and I'm sure she'll bring the character to

it supposed

Liliana's smug demeanor and the gleam of triumph in her

told, when Cedric initially asked if Liliana was a good fit, Amara was

work ethic pushed her to thoroughly review Liliana's acting clips, leading her to conclude that Liliana wasn't suitable for Isabella's role. Thus, she had vetoed Liliana's casting primarily because the latter

now, how had the lead role