Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 167

Liliana's eyes flashed with ferocity as she hurled a cup across the room, the sound loud enough to reach Nora, who was working with headphones on in the

room.

"Liliana, what's going on?" Nora asked, cautiously poking her head around the door. "Did someone upset you?"

"It's nothing, don't worry about it," Liliana replied, collapsing onto the couch with a dark expression clouding her face, clearly a sign implying she was not in a good mood.

Not wanting to pry further, Nora quietly fetched a broom and dustpan from the kitchen, meticulously sweeping up the shattered glass. Liliana gazed at her plump figure and round face as she moved her rosy lips.

"Can I ask you something? In all these years, have any rich or handsome guys ever pursued you?"

Nora paused, surprised. "Why would they? I look so ordinary, Liliana. You must be joking."

That was right; Nora wasn't exactly the type to attract wealthy or handsome men, let alone someone ugly like Amara. There was no way Finnian had special feelings for Amara; he wouldn't have such a lousy taste.

It must have been something to do with Keith that made Finnian act so erratically around Amara today. What was she supposed to do about that?

mind, she retreated to her bedroom, hoping to wash

mind, leaving her feeling something didn't sit right.

aimlessly until he found himself at one intersection where he turned left and ended up in a waterfront. He parked, leaning against the railing as the chilly breeze off the water

and he

"Why

somehow he knew. Had word really

"I

know?" Dorian

"Yeah, I don't."

Dorian

Finnian didn't

was in

ke Pon't

Amara twice now, both

on some

felt that way about any other woman, regardless