Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 182

She didn't want to argue with someone who was sick, so she approached, spread the blanket over Finnian, returned to her own room, locking the door securely behind her, and and went to bed.

Probably out of the spectacle she'd experienced that night, which exhausted her, Amara quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, she woke up, her eyes fluttering open to find someone sitting at the edge of her bed, staring down at her.

The shock jolted her fully awake. She sat up quickly, making frantic attempts to pull the blanket up to her side. "You got better?”

She looked up at Finnian.

He was still wearing the same clothes from yesterday, but he seemed much more like himself.

His face was calm and composed, his gaze steady on Amara.

Amara felt a shiver run down her spine under his scrutiny. She was fully dressed in her pajamas, but his gaze made her feel strangely exposed.

Just as she was about to ask him something, it hit her that something was off. She blurted out, "How did you get in here?"

She distinctly remembered locking the door last night, and there was no spare key in the living room. How on earth did Finnian end up in her room?

Finnian held up something between his fingers—a black hairpin.

the hairpin

picked the lock with

Finnian could pick locks?

Instead, she shot back sarcastically, "Mr. Everly, is there anything you can't do? Even

the hairpin down and tilting

if he was sizing her up. She asked, "Mr. Everly, is

wasn't feverish anymore, which

up, still observing her

he'd been questioning his

his fixation on Amara's supposed infidelity wasn't

to hold

out before that he was away for those three years, and Amara must have someone else by now. It never bothered

himself had thought when Liliana came along, if Amara had someone else

it would be fairer.

reaction was nothing

jealous. Jealous of the man who

towards Amara had always been unique. Others had mentioned it a couple of times, but he'd

fever, everything was clear. He finally acknowledged these

where had this

it because of