Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 199

"But I..."

"And, don't worry, I can manage the bathroom on my own. Nothing awkward will happen, I promise."

Finnian gave her a pointed look and added. Hearing this, Amara found it hard to refuse.

She nodded. "Alright then."

She knew Finnian's words were pretty much meaningless. If she truly wanted to leave, she had a thousand legitimate reasons to do so.

But she was too afraid of anything going wrong with the divorce, so she decided to go along with Finnian as much as possible before it was finalized.

After all, there were clean linens here. She could endure it for a while, so she agreed to stay. Once they'd settled that, Amara sat nearby reading a book, while Finnian worked on his tablet. They both kept to themselves, so quiet the room seemed to echo with silence.

After about an hour of this, Amara realized that being a caregiver was rather boring. She wasn't needed for much at all here. Was Finnian insisting she stay just to waste her time and mess with her?

her book. Seeing the clock hands point to ten, she

"Alright."

had just finished his work, set down his tablet, and went to the bathroom to freshen

turned off the lights and lay down, feeling

nagging suspicion that Finnian

to be nice, but secretly planning some sort of revenge? But if that

chuckled wryly

she was drifting off, she heard à rustling noise. She was too sleepy to care much, so she@gnored

her awake. As she was about to speak, a strong arm

vanished instantly. She lay there, stiff as a board, and

"It's me."

was like a cello's deep, mellow notes, soothing

course, she knew it was

one else in the room. She was only trying to figure out what he was doing. Just as she was about to speak again, Finnian rolled over, pressing his lips to her

open. In the dim light, she could just make out Finnian's