***LIZABETH'S POV***
Adrian walked into the room only minutes after I did. I wasn't surprised. Perhaps he hadn't been avoiding me after all, as I had earlier assumed.
Or maybe, after what his father had said about him at the dining table, he simply wanted to retreat here and find rest for the evening.
Then again, he could just as easily be trying to escape my brother. I had noticed how relentless Landon was with him at dinner—hovering over him, demanding his attention, never giving him a moment's breath. Adrian despised it; I had seen the irritation flash across his face. Yet he endured it in silence, probably unwilling to appear rude to his brother in-law in front of everyone.
