Chapter 223: unedited

Esmeralda smiled at Liam, "Don't worry about anything. If I can take down Violet easily, what's he? I mean, I don't want to bully him. I know he is just vengeful for some reasons. That's why I am not even giving him attention. And the fact that he only needs attention from me. Since he is not getting it, he is feeling angry and frustrated."

It wasn't that Ronan was not frustrating her. He was frustrating her too much. But she knew that he only wanted attention from her. Yet, she would not give him the attention that he needed. And this was frustrating him to no end. Who said you can only fight with violence and harsh words? Passive resistance was a beautiful tool propounded by the Indian philospher Mahatma Gandhi.

"Are you deliberately ignoring him to make him frustrated?" Liam asked. He deciphered this much from her behaviour. Even if she was doing it, what could he say? Ronan was doing worse.

"Of course, "Esmeralda said. "The way he treated Hazel, he needed a punishment."