Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 45

Amara glared at Liliana with a searing intensity of resentment.

Liliana stood beside Finnian, her face smug as she glanced back at Amara, knowing Finnian couldn't see her expression.

Finnian, for the moment, let the article issue slide as he turned to Liliana. The mark on her face from the slap had faded considerably, but the traces were still there.

His gaze shifted to Amara, and he spoke chilly, "Amara, if you hit someone, you need to apologize."

The coldness in his voice was unlike anything Amara had ever felt, not even when plunged into icy water. She instinctively wrapped her arms around her trembling shoulders.

bullied by Liliana, and slapping her

futile. He insisted on an apology, and she had no choice. Her eyelashes fluttered slightly as

her a dismissive

in the morning, and outside, a crucial scene was being filmed.

drained, lying on the couch in the break room like someone wilting away, staring at the ceiling for what felt

down her face like a broken string of pearls, soaking the pillow beneath her. After a long while, Amara

topics and the hateful comments. Everything had been swept away

staring blankly at the pristine white walls. She remembered talking to someone about damage control, and they had mentioned that it could be coped with unless a hefty investment

had been resolved, and it was obvious Finnian had

Even though the

the storm had passed. But what about her

trouble over a perceived rivalry for Finnian's