Chapter 44


Amara was at loss for words, stunned as she stared at Liliana.

She never intended to rewrite the script or use a stand-in just to humiliate Liliana. How could Liliana even think that? Was she brainless?

No, she wasn't. Liliana was sharp as a tack. She must have been so furious she couldn't help but lash out, or maybe she was just trying to get under Amara's skin. If that was the case, she'd succeeded.

Amara closed her eyes shortly; despite fury filled with her chest, she got ahold of herself. She knew getting worked up wouldn't solve anything. Ignoring Liliana, she left the room without another word.

Liliana didn't bother to call after her. Before the slap mark on her cheek could fade, she snapped a carefully angled photo, capturing both her beauty and the pitiful bruise, and sent it to Finnian.

Her phone buzzed almost immediately with Finnian's name flashing on the screen. A small, satisfied smile crept onto Liliana's face.

break room, Amara fought back tears but failed at the thought of

had been through a lot since young, faced plenty of scorn and derision, but even those people had their

had been bombarded with thousands of hateful comments online, including some particularly harsh

heard urgent knocks

flew open, and there stood Finnian, his face a thundercloud as he

saw him. His usually handsome face was dark with anger, a menacing

hit Liliana?" he demanded, skipping

"Yes, I

pause, but the chill in his voice still sent

and intense, an intimidating aura exuding from him. "Did you

Finnian's child. But she was pregnant too, and she was the one being torn apart online. Why didn't anyone care

bore into her as he noticed

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