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?

I divorced

trying 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

are you going to cram all this stuff in the

heap of daily necessities on the

turned to Liam while Rita was still at loss. “Liam, are you busy today. Could you give us a

busy, I’m taking a break

mouth when he heard

You are not busy?

your lunch

about the hill of

lied so naturally, Liam. I have to

while he was immersed in his own thoughts. “What are you looking? Come and

“Alright.”

the Browns went home taking

Liam had dinner with them

for that Rita didn't utter a

parents really grated her by

late now, I think I should

ad urged

Come on…

to her mom with

her

Liam broke the silence between them.

resigned.”Rita replied, indifference in her eyes. “I won’t be

granted it?” He never granted her

a halt

eyes. “Granted or not, I’m not going back in there. I’m sorry, I’m

the next time we meet, you’ll tell me that

a clean break

in Rita’s eyes

Group is the

understood that Liam’s trying

and leading skills, but… she had

into great trouble around this period. The board sold her father and threw him in jail, while Charlotte took the company’s

and the Browns fell, and her mother then had to beg friends and relatives for

fate now that she had been given

would protect her grandpa’s inheritance, her parents. And she would have whoever

to do all those, she could not waste anymore time