Thinking about all this, Finnian arrived at the old manor. He handed his coat to a maid at the door and was just about to head upstairs when Amara stepped out of Mr. Kevin Everly''s room.


    She hadn''t expected to run into Finnian here. Instinctively, she nced his way, then quickly looked ahead and pretended not to notice him, striding forward as if nothing had happened.


    But Finnian called out to her. "Amara."


    She stopped in her tracks.


    It was alreadyte when she''d left the set tonight. She hadn''t nned toe to the Everly estate, but then she saw the text Lisa had sent her half an hour earlier: Mr. Kevin Everly hadn''t had much of an appetite, barely touched his dinner, and had even gotten sick afterwards. So, on second thought, she''d made her way


    over.


    By the time she arrived, Mr. Everly was already resting. She''d quietly peeked in through the door, checked with Lisa about his condition, and only felt at ease when she learned the family doctor had already been by and there was nothing serious. She was on her way out when she unexpectedly ran into Finnian.


    Ever since that incident a few days ago—after Liliana''s attempted suicide, when Finnian had told Amara he''d be staying by Liliana''s side from now on-Amara had felt like she and Finnian had nothing more to do with each other. She pretended not to see him and turned to leave.


    But Finnian called her name, and she stopped. "Is something wrong with Mr. Everly?" she asked.


    "Leave us," Finnian said, addressing the maids nearby. They quietly filed out of the room.


    Finnian walked over to Amara. "What''s going on between you and Keith?" he asked.<fnff3b> Updates are released by f?ndnovel</fnff3b>


    Amara frowned. "Why are you asking me that?"


    Finnian looked down at her. "Keithes from a powerful family, but he insists on working in the entertainment industry, which his family strongly opposes. That fells you a lot about how controlling his rtives are Getting involved with someone from a family like that would be rough. I think you should stay away from him."


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    Hisment seemedpletely out of the blue. She and Keith were just friends,


    but Finnian insisted on reading more into it. What on earth was he thinking?


    And it wasn''t the first time. She remembered at Jessica''s birthday party, Dorian had hosted the whole group, and Finnian had insisted that Keith liked her, She''d been furious then, too:  s


    "Mr. Everly, let me say this one more time: Keith and I are just friends. Please stop


    making baseless assumptions," Amara said, enunciating every word.


    "And besides," she added, "even if I did want to be with Keith, I wouldn''t care


    about his family''s opinion. You don''t need to warn me about that."


    Finnian was usually so rational, but now he seemed stuck on herst sentence, his eyes darkening. "So you really want to be with him?"


    What kind of logic was that? Amara almostughed out of frustration.


    "Mr. Everly, as I said, Keith and I are just friends-"


    "I know you''re friends," Finnian interrupted, "but Keith likes you."


    Keith liked her, and they got along so well-if Keith ever confessed his feelings, would she say yes? Finnian knew it was none of his busines but he couldnt stop reying the thought.  s


    Hearing it again, Amara''s anger red. She gritted her teeth. "He doesn''t like me.


    I''m certain of that! We''ve always just been friends. Please, stop saying things like this!"