Chapter 165

"Why do you keep avoiding me like a plague?” Liam's question seemed to have caught Joan off guard. Her eyes grew wide in surprise, and she didn't know the response to give. “I wasn't…I didn't…well…” She started to stuttered. “It's late” She threw in her trump card. Maybe he would leave her alone if she told him she was tired. Liam thinks the opposite of what she was thinking. If he left now, they would only continue to avoid each other to God knows when. He needed to understand her, to know what she was thinking. “You are doing it again, avoiding the problem”

“What problem exactly are you talking about?” It was Liam's turn to not have an answer to her question. Joan smiled bitterly when he wouldn't answer her. “That's exactly what the problem is, Liam. And you know it, so why do you bother asking me” Joan suddenly felt a rage course through her body. She was sure Hazel was the one in his heart as he was speaking to her. He was only here because of the stupid mate bond. “You can slee