Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 93

Celeste was silent, but Amara wasn't going to let her off the hook that easily. She kept on, her voice chilly, "If you can't say something nice, it's better you don't say anything at all.

Talking like that might fly in your own home where everyone's wrapped around your finger, but in the real world, someone might just knock you down a peg."

Celeste's face turned a deeper shade of red, and Martin and Andrea didn't look too pleased either. But Amara was past caring about their feelings.

After all, Celeste was their kid. Sure, they might have been too busy with work to keep an eye on her, and now they felt frustrated with a daughter like her. But did that mean Amara had to take Celeste's insults lying down?

"Martin, Andrea, I know my words are harsh, and they might have offended you. But I can't just sit back and let Celeste take digs at me without defending myself. I hope you understand."

was being picked on by Celeste, Hogan, and Peter, the rest of their family either joined in or watched with a judgmental smirk as

up for herself, folks were actually

out of line. She's a grown woman; she

coddle her, and picking on Ama was way out of bounds," Debby,

that self-respect

to her defense. But now that she was standing her ground, people were more willing to

sized her up and suddenly asked, "Celeste was giving you

nodded. "Her words were

kind of people his cousins were. He glanced over at Celeste, his eyes devoid of emotion, but somehow,

she was about to burst with anger. She couldn't believe that Amara had the

most was that Finnian wasn't taking her side. He wasn't outright supporting Amara,

this, Martin and Andrea were caught