Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 183

Amara's eyes flew open in disbelief. Had she misheard Finnian just now? Did he really ask her to spend the night with him?

"That's the only condition. Be at Vera Lodge, penthouse suite, by eight tonight. Spend the night with me, and tomorrow morning we get the divorce. I keep my word," Finnian said.

With that, he left without caring about Amara's reaction. It wasn't until he disappeared that Amara snapped back to the reality.

Spend the night with him? What did he mean by that? Was he implying they should sleep together?

Casting aside the reason of him having the request, she thought the mere proposal was too outrageous to entertain. She couldn't possibly agree to that. She leapt out of bed, barefoot, and ran to catch him.

"Mr. Everly, we can't do this!" she exclaimed, her hand instinctively covering her stomach.

Not that she wanted to do anything intimate with Finnian, but even if she did, it wasn't possible. Not with a child growing inside her.

Finnian's voice was icy as he declared, "If you don't show up, there's no divorce. I've made it clear, this is the only condition-it's your choice."

And with that, he brushed past her, leaving the apartment.

numb out of coldness that she gazed immediately down and realized she

in bed, she twisted her fingers together, staring at the ceiling, her heart thundering in her chest. The events of the day felt surreal, and if it

delirious with fever

had been perfectly lucid, not feverish

if he had uttered those words not

of madness and would regret it when he came

of bed and dialed his

Everly," she ventured cautiously, "is this a good time to

background. His voice, low

Amara was rendered speechless.

What a scoundrel!

silently

was muddled enough to bring up that request; turned out he was just

back onto the bed.

a time for breakfast and diving into work.

mind was a chaotic mess, and she needed