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.

want to apologize. She'd been bullied by Liliana, and slapping her felt like

Finnian on this was futile. He insisted on an apology, and she had no

gave her a dismissive glance

and outside, a crucial scene was being filmed. Amara

break room like someone wilting away,

the pillow beneath her. After a

comments. Everything had been swept away as if

damage control, and they had mentioned that

resolved, and it

it for her; he did it for the reputation of the Everly family. Even though the article hadn't mentioned them directly, the risk

looked like the storm had passed. But what about her suffering? Who would make

Liliana had been the instigator, causing trouble over a perceived rivalry for