Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 355

Finnian's voice was calm. "She lost the baby. She's resting now, but she'll come see you in a few days."

"She lost the baby?"

Hogan's eyes widened in shock.

A deep furrow creased his brow. He had expected Liliana to tell Finnian the truth —that she'd never been pregnant in the first place. Instead, she'd gone with the miscarriage story.

Sure, it meant there'd be no risk of a child not of Everly blood being brought into the family, which was a relief in itself. But Finnian was still being deceived, and Hogan couldn't help but feel uneasy about it.

Still, he knew it wasn't his place to explain. If he spoke up now, it would only make things harder for Liliana with Finnian. So Hogan stayed quiet.

"By the way," Hogan said, suddenly remembering his own ordeal. His expression darkened. "Did they catch the guy who hit me?"

Finnian nodded. "They did. Drunk driver. Do you want to see him?"

"Yeah. Once I'm able to get out of bed, I want to meet that bastard face to face."

it

longer until Peter and Bess arrived, bursting into the hospital room and throwing themselves into Hogan's

Finnian quietly excused himself,

the Everly estate, Amara was sitting with Mr. Kevin Everly, keeping

had been furious when Finnian left to find Liliana, but now that Hogan was awake—and, more importantly, Liliana's

Mr.

"I did."

nodding, "And Liliana lost the baby, right? If that's the case there's nothing tying you to her anymore

belongs to s

opened his mouth to respond when a

"What do you mean, the baby's gone?

all turned to see Emma standing in the doorway,

face twisted with annoyance the moment he saw his daughter-in-law. He stood, gesturing to Amara. “Come, let's go upstairs. We'll

was little chance of any new complications for now. The rest could

right up to Finnian. "What

baby. She had a miscarriage,"