Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 75

"What the hell is this all about?"

Finnian was both shocked and furious when he finally realized what was happening.

Standing inside Amara's closet, surrounded by her soft clothes and the subtle scent coming off them, he held onto Amara's wrist, preventing her from leaving.

"I need to meet someone outside. Could you please stay here for a bit and not come out? I'm really sorry about this."

Amara was practically babbling, avoiding Finnian's eyes. She assumed being shoved into a closet like this was probably the most mortifying situation Finnian had ever experienced, but she was out of options. She just had to get through this mess first.

She forcefully pulled her wrist from Finnian's grip, shut the closet door with a thud under his incredulous gaze, and then closed the bedroom door before heading to open the door for Keith.

"Ama, are you okay?"

looked quite dashing, though now his hair

and then pulled down her mask to make sure she

bit panicked by the whole situation, but seeing Keith so worried about her made her burst

fine, really. Why'd you rush over

off the show and heard from Cedric that you got mobbed as soon as you left the set. Did

but ask, his protective instincts kicking in. "I'm fine,

the nagging type, but perhaps her disfigured incident at ten made him hyper-vigilant about Amara's safety. Her

okay. By the way, who leaked your photos? I

need, really. I can handle

Amara didn't want to burden Keith with every little

He stood up, saying, "I'm glad that you're okay, I should get back to the show. I left in the middle to come here. Get some rest, will you?

Keith reluctantly left, still a

watched from

drove out of