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?

book. Seeing the clock hands point to ten, she said, "It's late, let's

"Alright."

his work, set down his tablet, and

off the lights and lay

had a nagging suspicion that Finnian was latching

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

wryly

Just as she was drifting off, she heard à rustling noise. She was too sleepy

to her, jolting her awake. As she was about to speak,

vanished instantly. She lay there, stiff

"It's me."

a cello's deep, mellow

was Finnian. After all, they had canoodled before,

the room. She was only trying to figure out what he was doing. Just as she was about to speak again, Finnian

flew open. In the dim light, she could