He'll try. But in the end, he had been keeping an eye on everyone as they got in and got situated, and Liam was the one to stare at her, and instead she threatened Matt. And to keep her off the poor kid cuz he sure as hell noticed, he's going to own it and keep himself in the crosshairs cuz that's how he knows to deal with threats to people that he has picked to be his people. So he's gonna try to keep her focused more on him than Liam.
Of course, he's gonna run some distraction measures. Spark a fun little discussion, because he does have some self preservation instincts, and get things to cool off a bit or die trying.
People either love him or hate him, it's really hard to walk the path of indifference because he is on a much lower key, an asshole. ^_^