Sweet Divorce

Snapped out of muse, Rita looked confused. “What are you doing here?”

Why is he here?

The astonishment in her tone somehow rendered Liam in bitterness.

She doesn’t want to meet me, he thought.

Let her go, give her the freedom that she wants, he once thought. But that decision lasted no longer than just a few days.

That’s why he came here today, to have a pretext to see her.

But he could only hide all the feeling he felt for her deep in his heart no matter how he pined for her.

His expression was customarily cold. “To visit Mr. Brown.”

“Oh…”Rita replied curtly and made way for him.

“How do you feel, Mr. Brown?” Liam walked to Noah’s bed and piled the supplement he bought down on the floor. Gently, he asked. “The doctor said that you mean to check out? But you are not fully recovered yet.”

Though he and Rita had divorced, Liam still treated Noah the same.

More or less, that moved Noah. He talked to Liam casually. “I have been here for over a month. It’s boredom that I suffer now, not pain.”

“But…”

“Don’t worry, Liam. Noah’s much better now. He’s out of any danger, big or small.”

Zoe said, intending to console Liam.

Liam stopped persuading Noah since they both insisted going home.

“I’ll go see why Ted hasn’t come yet.”Rita announced as she tried to leave the ward.

But Zoe halted her when she had just taken one step. “Don’t. He must be stuck in a traffic jam now. It’s going to take him some take to get here.”

“Well, then…”

“Maybe Liam can give us a ride?”

Zoe finished. Her suggestion stunned Rita.

Mom, what are you doing?

know I

to do, smiling; she tried to talk Zoe out of doing so. “Mom, Liam’s got a lot to deal with at his company. He doesn’t have the

this

at the heap of

Liam while Rita was still at loss. “Liam,

I’m not busy, I’m taking a break

mouth when he

You are not busy?

your

hill of pending documents

Liam. I have to give you props

up to Jacob while he was immersed in his own thoughts. “What

“Alright.”

Browns went home taking

had dinner with

the same among them except for that Rita didn't utter a word

parents really grated her by trying to reconcile

late now, I think I should leave.” Liam

at Rita ad urged

Come on…

reluctance to her mom with her expression,

her out the door

didn't you come to the company yesterday?” Liam broke the silence between

replied, indifference in her eyes. “I won’t

He

a halt at

“Granted or not, I’m not going

paused for a few seconds, and then continued. “I hope the next time we meet, you’ll tell me that we can

clean

determination in Rita’s eyes tore his heart

hurt so much. But no emotion was manifested in his eyes. “The Wilson Group is the

that Liam’s trying to help

help improve her expertise and leading skills, but… she

The board sold her father and threw

Brown Group’s ownership was transferred to someone else just overnight, and the Browns fell, and her

would change her family’s fate now that she had been given a

inheritance, her parents. And she would have whoever set her family up pay his

not waste anymore