LIORA Ever since that kiss, Ryder had been avoiding me like a plague Every time I walked into a room, he found an excuse to leave. Every conversation ended before it could even begin. It was frustrating, confusing, and honestly, it was starting to get on my nerves. What made it even worse was what happened right before the kiss. For a brief moment, he had looked jealous. The strange part was that he seemed jealous of Evans...of himself. I had been so busy trying to understand why he sounded that way that I didn't even have enough time to react when he suddenly pulled away from the kiss. A chime from my phone snapped me out of my thoughts. Blinking several times, I reached for the device lying beside me on the bed, unlocked the screen and opened the message. The moment I saw the s

