Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 58

Amara thought for a moment and then confessed, "I was just having dinner with a friend from the film crew, but he had to leave suddenly, so I continued on my own.

My friend's an acting artist, and has to keep the social connections under wraps. I didn't want others to know about us, so I lied without thinking."

Her tone was sincere, and her explanation seemed reasonable enough, but Finnian sensed something was off. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "So your friend is a man?"

Amara initially wanted to say it was a female friend, thinking it would cause less fuss. But then she recalled something—how had Finnian found her place so accurately? Did he know something she didn't?

With this in mind, she decided not to lie and responded while nodding, "Yes."

Then she shifted her tone, demanding, "How did you know I live here?"

"I had Will look it up," Finnian replied, his voice calm and matter-of-fact, as if he saw nothing wrong with his actions. "I need to ensure your safety."

Amara pressed her lips. It wasn't her safety Finnian was looking out for—it was probably Kevin's concern. "Are you going to continue with the meal?"

change the subject. He turned and glanced at the

and Finnian said, "Can I join you? I'm

aback. "You want to dine

meeting her gaze. "Is that a

fine. I'll get you some fresh

Finnian wanted to join her for dinner. But if he wanted to eat,

slightly. For some reason he found

something that occasionally crossed his

skills matched those of a five-star restaurant chef-he didn't crave those

So why was he so taken

Finnian the cutlery, explaining the name

slowly began to

and unhurried, soon making

glanced at

face. "Aren't you

good," Amara shook her head. "I'm almost full, and it's better to eat light at

he asked, "Do you take your mask off when you're