Sweet Divorce

Liam was surprising Rita today. She couldn’t resist the urge to glance at him some more.

Whether it was an illusion or not, she felt that she wasn’t the only one who had changed.

He seemed to have changed as well.

Not as cold as before, a little more talkative.

“What, is there anything on my face?” Maybe she’d lapsed off for too long. Liam’s voice rang out in her ear.

Rita put the rose down and picked up her bag. “I’ve got something important to take care of.”

She’d agreed on three days with Jason, and today was the first.

If she even didn’t go to school, she also have no time to waste.

She had to take control of the situation, or she wouldn’t make it in time.

Looking at her silhouette hurrying away, Liam’s bright eyes dimmed slightly.

Zoe saw his depressed state for what it was.

She looked at the independent girl in the distance and chuckled as she turned to the man before her. “That Rita… don’t mind her, Liam. I’ve spoiled her out of manners.”

“It’s fine.”

The man took a sip of porridge and froze.

This taste… seemed to be Rita’s work.

He raised his eyes to gaze at a mild-tempered Zoe, “This porridge is great. Did you make it?”

“Not me. Rita did.”

It really was her.

He lowered his head and took another sip. The nostalgic flavor spread across his taste buds and lifted the corners of his mouth into an uncontrollable smile.

The sensation was like a small child finally tasting a long-desired piece of candy. The happiness in his heart was practically spilling out.

Maybe he’d just gone too long without having the porridge she made, but he downed the full thing in one sitting.

Didn’t leave a single speck of grain at the bottom.

After Rita left, Zoe kept Liam around for a long chat.

Mostly funny stories, like how Rita messed around climbing walls and trees when she was little.

“Look here, Liam. This box is full of pictures of when she was small. That skinhead cut makes her look like a boy, ha.”

Liam’s dark eyes scanned the photographs inside, but fell focused on a dairy.

There was a sketched design of a small mansion inside when he picked it up and opened it.

On the bottommost of the yellowed drawing paper was a line written in an elegant hand-

“No regrets now that the path is chosen.”

With a date marked alongside it.

Wasn’t that the day they’d gotten engaged?

He still remembered when the old man had discussed the matter of their bridal home.

The old man had allowed her to choose the location, design and layout of the bridal home in the spirit of the occasion. Rita had been overjoyed then. It was just that later on, he’d picked the house they had now of his own volition.

This sketch must have been the bridal home she’d designed back then. A place just for the two of them.

Looking at the drawing, Liam fell deep into thought.

It was a long time before he put the drawing away, left the Brown household and drove straight to the F City bay area.

“Whew… what’s the rush to get me out here, Liam?” Jacob panted, looking at the tall man in front of him. “I haven’t even eaten lunch yet. It’s your treat!”

Jacob’s complaining. He pointed towards the bay area, where the clear

confused. What was this

want the land rights to the bay

corner of Jacob’s

Five days?

the rights

How was that possible.

steal it outright. I’d have a better chance of doing

it too much to ask?” Liam shot a look

Liam had finally listened to his conscience and

rather dully, “Yeah, it’s too much. Way too much. I can’t

“Okay… four days, then.”

give him a few more days to

a certificate in four days, I’ll feed

Liam the Fascist!

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passed

clearly getting

If we still don’t act, it’ll be the third day

raised her head

added mildly, “My

Rita Brown?

a coincidence, her surname was

she somehow related to the

he was sure

was definitely related to the Brown

Brown family was a large stockholder of the Group. Someone from the family could get into the company with just a word from upstairs.

soon, so shouldn’t we do something?” Nathan

behavior, Rita took a casual sip of juice and

He’d be done for

where a video was playing. “You know how Bella

“Yeah.”

Of course Nathan knew.

topic who came up on online searches with even the slightest bit

in the morning,

declaration over how he was a pervert

at the building opposite theirs. Right now,

that got to do with us?” Nathan

Rita laughed lightly, then got up and walked towards the office buildings. “Wait here for the good news. I’m going

curious about the girl before him, but didn’t dare dig

all, she was all he

putting

thing he’d done all his life was to put his trust in

the building, put on a mask, and blended into

it, Nathan was actually the most innocent

Bella’s marriage had long since fallen apart. It had only been maintained up to this point

really, the two of them had

the autonomy that a divorce would net him, which was why he’d gotten someone to tail Bella in the first

Bella to back out of

preserve herself, Bella had gone and accused Nathan of assaulting her when faced with

in the past life, the couple had gone

were united in their testimony in order to defend their own

negotiation

to blackmail Raymond into marrying her, but Raymond had only wanted to solve

the secretary had released the recording,

clear Nathan’s name, what she had to do

the press crew. She wanted a chance to get close to that girl, then

could sneak

and move this stuff… don’t look around, I’m talking to

was looking about for opportunities,

press conference

that, Rita’s eyes lit

looking for a chance, it fell into her

she could

clothes and makeup kit, and went

taken barely a few steps out