'Oh!' Liam exclaimed internally, understanding finally dawning upon him.
Liam's hand had snapped at the woman's throat as soon as he had smelled the ploy, but he hadn't really understood its nature. His brain had needed a few seconds to catch up.
'So, you can do that, too,' Liam realized. The rooting expert had basically tried to involve him in her mess, pretending they were a team of sorts.
Liam couldn't remain immersed in his thoughts for long. The two men soon caught up, but addressed the woman he had lifted above his head by her throat, disregarding him completely.
"I'll teach you the difference between men and pigs!" The first to arrive, a rather handsome man in his thirties, shouted. "When I'm done with you, we'll see who's desperate!"
"Do you think your parents will save you this time?" The second man, also in his thirties, but thinner and more average, snorted. "You'll be lucky if you end up as part of the Young Master's harem!"
