Chapter 265

Maxine’s POV

After I couldn't cry anymore, I was left alone with the silence. My mind trailed back to Ronan and how there had been a shift in his mood after he saw how I reacted to Liam. The smile hadn't quite reached his eyes anymore.

I noticed but I was swimming in my guilt to even bother about it. He had been different since Liam walked in and his warmth was replaced by a kind of polite distance. He didn't want to show me the extent of how displeased he was.

I sat up in the bed. Maybe I was overthinking it. Maybe he was just busy and his responsibilities caught up with him and clouded his mind. But a small voice in the back of my mind wouldn’t stop whispering that it was something more. Ronan's change in mood had to do with me.

It had been a few hours since the kitchen. I had replayed the scene in my head over and over. I was trying to understand what I could have done differently. I knew Ronan had noticed my reaction when I saw Liam. How