Liam’s POV
“I don’t care what you think, Joanna,” I said coldly. With everything going on, now she wanted to threaten me? Didn’t she realize that without Aria, I had nothing left to lose? “With Markus gone, I have no reason to stay in this relationship.”
“We had an agreement,” Joanna said. Her anger showed, making her face red with frustration and rage.
“And I saw that agreement through,” I replied. “I proposed.” The words tasted like ash in my mouth.
“We haven’t convinced my parents,” Joanna said. “You need to stick around longer to –”
“No, I don’t, Joanna.”
She glared. “What about your reputation? When everyone sees how you just abandon me, they won’t treat you kindly.”
“I don’t care about my reputation,” I said. With my own anger towards Joanna, and towards myself, came a bit of
