Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 171

Keith chuckled softly, saying, "Well, you owe me a little something in return. I don't feel like heading back tonight. It's been days since I've been home, and it's just too quiet there. I'm crashing here."

"No way, go back to your own place," Amara insisted sternly, giving him a gentle pat after finishing up bandaging his latest injury.

Even though she was renting a two-bedroom place, the study didn't have a bed, and the sofa was way too cramped for someone to crash on. No way was she going to share her bed with Keith. Sure, if push came to shove, they could squeeze in for the night, but his place was just across the hall. It was literally a stone's throw away. So, she shooed him off back to his own apartment.

With a resigned sigh, Keith headed home to sleep.

The next morning, Amara didn't roll out of bed until ten. After a quick wash and a simple breakfast, she was out the door, heading to the shooting set.

Just as she stepped out of her apartment complex, she spotted a sleek black car parked at the curb. She walked on, pretending not to notice, but then the driver's side door swung open and Will stepped out, approaching her with a respectful nod. "Mrs. Everly, Mr. Everly wants to have a word with you. Could you come with me?"

"I'm not going," Amara replied, her expression flat as she kept walking.

Finnian wanted to talk, and she had to listen to him? Why?

unsolicited kiss on the hotel rooftop, then the scuffle with Keith outside her building-Amara had

Mr. Everly... he won't

had reached Will's ears. Knowing his boss had pulled such stunts with Amara, he felt more than a little

those words, what he felt was

guarantee he won't try

he's all talk, why should I

with the Everly family but this was the last straw. She finally understood the old saying, "Give an inch,

made Finnian think

Mrs. Everly, that's not what I meant." Will stammered,

so gentle, and now she was actually

that he minded this new side of her, but it

a solution. Could you please reconsider?" Will pleaded as he tried to intercept Amara once more, his face imbued

look of exasperation, Amara halted and claimed, "I said no. Now move

around Will, determined to

the door of another car nearby swung