Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 390

His first thought was Liliana. She had every reason to start this-if rumors that he liked Amara reached Finnian, knowing how much Finnian cared for Amara,

Finnian would never trust him again.

And if that happened, when he told Finnian about Liliana faking her pregnancy, Finnian probably wouldn't believe him either. That was Liliana's game: slowly chipping away at his credibility in Finnian's eyes.

Hogan remembered the look Finnian had given him at the coffee shop earlier-a chill crept through him.

No, absolutely not. Whether or not Liliana was behind this, he had to warn her. He pulled out his phone and typed a message: "Seven days left."

Seven days. In other words, there were only seven days left before filming wrapped up—a deadline he and Liliana had set together.

If Liliana didn't come clean to Finnian about her fake pregnancy before then, Hogan would do it himself.

Liliana replied almost immediately: "I know." She put her phone aside, her fingers -tipped with scarlet polish-drumming lightly on the armrest of the sofa.

curled

everywhere. The results were better than she'd hoped; the story had even gotten back to her. She'd also heard that

as she typed out another message to

be true, right? I mean, she's really not

at

was a time when he and Liliana were close. He used to call her "sis-in-law" every time they met and she'd always looked out for

but gone, her concern felt as fake

the room, growing more and more convinced that

and Amara had been set up, and in the end, the evidence pointed to Celeste. He'd confronted Celeste, but she

had it she was lee

the

the

country to study abroad.

own sister, he had to admit she was a bit