Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 384

Emma froze for a moment. Was Hogan actually siding with Amara? She could've sworn she'd heard those two could barely stand each other.

Of course-it had to be because of Amara's dangerously pretty face!

That little vixen just had to look so damn irresistible, drawing men to her like moths to a flame.

Emma's gaze grew sharp, shadows flickering beneath her lashes. If she could, she would've clawed that smug look right off Amara's face.

"All right, Mrs. Everly, Hogan, that's enough from both of you," Liliana finally broke her silence, stepping in to smooth things over. "This whole thing is shocking, but arguing about it won't help. Let's all go home and talk there."

At the sound of her voice, Amara's head snapped around.

How calculating-when it was time to point fingers, Liliana stayed quiet and let Emma do the dirty work. Only now, with tempers flaring, did she emerge as the peacemaker.

Amara glared daggers at her, imagining Liliana as a venomous serpent she longed to crush.

Put this

as day- his doing, and the guilt gnawed at him. He shrugged off his suit jacket and offered it to her,

cover, now more than ever. Wrapping herself

spinning as he tried to

him up.

him, locked him and Amara in a room together-God knows what

nothing had, only because Amara had kept her wits about her and pushed

that. If anything had happened between them, Finnian would've lost his mind. He'd probably have killed Hogan

of explanations would've convinced Finnian

like a bolt of lightning: "No matter what I say,

that Liliana had faked her pregnancy before? Would Finnian believe

spine. Was Liliana the

all the shady things she'd had him help her with in the past. Hogan knew her better than anyone: Liliana wasnt the

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pretended