#Chapter 148: Family Ties

[Arthur’s POV] I wasn’t going to deny the fact that Liam already having seen this special birthmark on Ella had utterly pissed me off. But what else was new? I was no fool. I knew the two of them had been intimate with one another in the past. I tried not to let the idea bother me but as time went on, I found myself becoming more bitter by the fact. But beneath that bitterness was a fear...A fear that Ella would truly want nothing to do with me even though she knows about our connection. After an encounter with someone like Cecilia Winslow, who the hell could blame her? Just another thing that wasn’t willing to work in my favor. When I had asked Ella about this supposed birthmark I watched her face become heated. She sheepishly got up and gently lifted the hem of her shirt up. My heart thundered widely in my chest. I fought back the instinctive urge to reach out and touch her. Ella soon revealed a crescent moon-shaped mark just beneath her ribcage. Oh, shit. I