Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 76

Finnian was already fuming because Amara had hidden him away, and her latest remark did nothing to soothe his temper.

"Make it up?"

He let out a cold chuckle, his demeanor dropping a few degrees. Amara was taken aback, not understanding why he was even angrier now.

She figured she had indeed wronged him earlier, so she apologized immediately. Wasn't that the polite thing to do? Why wasn't he satisfied?

"Yeah, I know what I did was out of line."

Amara had this habit of becoming overly apologetic when she knew she was in the wrong, as if saying sorry a hundred times could magically erase the other person's anger.

Not that she would actually do that it would be an excessive humility.

After a moment's thought, she offered, "I know I didn't handle it properly. If there's anything you need as compensation, just let me know."

Finnian's dark expression deepened. "Do you treat everyone this politely?"

against Elowen recently, and just when he thought she was starting to toughen up, she turned all meek

him off by hiding him away, but he wasn't some terrifying monster. Why did she feel the

puzzled by

far less

me when you

opting instead to omit the topic and to address the real

is a celebrity. His personal

kept private, and you need to

sentence for her. Amara paused,

She genuinely believed her

sound.

beef with Finnian, as a

be kept

her actions weren't wrong at all, but when Finnian said it,

you couldn't tell

the crux of his frustration, his

officially married. We're partners in this, aren't we? Do you really think

he said seemed fair, but she was

it's not that simple. We're not a typical married couple after