Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 29

He grunted, lighting a cigarette with one hand, took a drag, and said, "Didn't expect your wife to be so good at hiding things."

There was a brief pause on the other end, and the voice that came through was noticeably colder. "Neither did I."

"So, what are you planning to do?" Dorian asked, "Confront her?"

"Yeah."

Hearing this, Dorian felt a wave of relief. Finnian had always been way too considerate of his grandparents, so much so that, despite being a skeptic, he had agreed to that ridiculous idea of a marriage of convenience three years ago.

He had always worried that Finnian wouldn't have the heart to divorce Amara because of his elders. Now, seeing Finnian so clear-headed about the situation eased Dorian's concerns.

Finnian replayed the recording over

clear blue sky, though his mood was anything

he abruptly hung up. Elsewhere, after shooing Liliana out of the break room, that familiar wave of nausea hit

the bathroom, a sudden thought struck her like a bolt. It was already the 19th of the month,

bouts of nausea,

family home, but they hadn't used protection, and she'd

and as Amara stood

her friend would accompany her to the hospital, but with no answer, Amara had to go

left the hospital,

the side of the road, she clutched a thin pregnancy test result, her heart a

believe she was pregnant, but there

her, [Ama, sorry

replied, [What happened? Are you hurt?

still arguing with