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 and over, his brows furrowing deeper with

though his mood was anything but bright. It felt like he was

he dialed Amara's number, but just before the call went through, he abruptly hung up. Elsewhere, after shooing Liliana out of the break room, that familiar wave of nausea hit Amara again. She had already emptied her stomach earlier, and now with nothing left, she could only dry heave over the toilet

a sudden thought struck her like a bolt.

had been feeling off lately, mostly with bouts of nausea, and

family home, but they hadn't used protection,

wasn't ready to face, and as Amara stood at the bathroom doorway, a chill ran through her, unwilling

number, hoping her friend would accompany her to

left the hospital,

clutched a thin pregnancy test result, her

couldn't believe she was pregnant, but there was no denying

then, Elysia texted her, [Ama, sorry I missed your call. I was out on a date with Dorian, and Jessica showed up to cause trouble. We got into a

happened? Are you hurt? Where

still arguing