#Chapter 218: A Reason To Believe Him

Liam’s POV With terrible slowness, I realized what was happening right in front of me. I had thought, since Joanna and I were in this farce together, that she would have my back with Aria, who Joanna knew I loved. Yet, here, in the moment of truth, Joanna had twisted the knife once more and lied about everything. I thought I had given her what she wanted when I had agreed to this fake marriage to help convince her parents, yet, seeing the vicious glee in her eyes here as she lied to Aria right in front of me, I realized that this had never been the case. Maybe this part right here right now had been her plan all along. The farce might have been a trick concocted by her and Markus both to lure me into something that I would be unable to wind my way back out of. Now, I was firmly in her trap. The only two people in the whole world who knew about our agreement were me and her. If she wouldn’t tell the truth, where did that leave me? “Aria…” I tried, turning to her. The sight of