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!”

the clear coastline shimmered with a sapphire hue, and spoke only

Jacob blinked, confused. What was

land rights to the bay area in

Jacob’s mouth twitched.

Five days?

to get the rights to this

How was that possible.

you might as well tell me to go steal it outright. I’d have

too much to ask?” Liam shot a look at Jacob and asked rather

that Liam had finally listened to his conscience and realized it was

“Yeah, it’s too much. Way

“Okay… four days, then.”

few more days to try, Jacob almost

I don’t see a certificate in four days, I’ll feed

Liam the Fascist!

***

passed since the

was clearly

was busy reading a book. “We’ve sat around here doing nothing for two days, girly. If we still don’t act, it’ll be the

The girl raised her head

“My name. You can

Rita Brown?

her

related to

doubt, but he was

related

company with

coming up soon,

anxious behavior, Rita took a

He’d be done for

say anything, and passed Nathan her phone, where a video was playing. “You know how Bella Colt’s husband Raymond is going to

“Yeah.”

Of course Nathan knew.

Colt was a hot topic who came up on online searches with even the slightest

he’d seen the news early in the

that the conference would be a bit of public declaration over how he was a pervert and how

building opposite theirs. Right now,

that got to do

got up and walked towards the office

was curious about the girl before him, but didn’t

she was all

he had gone mad putting his fate in the hands of

later, thinking back, he’d find that the best thing he’d done all his life was to put his trust in Rita

a mask, and blended

Nathan was actually the most innocent victim in

had only been

two of them had always

divorce would net him, which was why he’d gotten someone to tail

to back out of the marriage while leaving all of

herself, Bella had gone and accused Nathan of assaulting her

that reason, in the past life, the

in their

negotiation would be

marrying her, but Raymond had only wanted to solve the problem by throwing money at her. After

had released the recording, and the truth had

name, what she had to do was find

press crew. She wanted a chance to get

could sneak into Raymond’s dressing

don’t look around, I’m talking to you, girl in

was looking about for opportunities, someone approached

press conference today. “Yeah,

that, Rita’s

looking for a chance, it fell into her

she could get in

the clothes and makeup kit, and went over to the dressing

few steps out when Winston