Sweet Divorce

Rita’s line brought the bustling office into dead silence.

Everyone looked over to Jason in unison.

Jason lifted his gaze to meet Rita, fingers tapping the tabletop, as if considering something-

Tap.

Tap.

Everyone remained quiet, and the tapping against the table was especially crisp.

Rita and Jason stayed there, testing each other to see who would be the first to crumble and speak.

The room seemed quiet, but undercurrents roiled.

Especially those who’d had their eyes on the assistant general manager’s position for a long time – they really had it in for Rita now.

“The responsibility of the assistant general manager’s position is too great, Mr. Snow. I feel like it should be left to someone more capable.” Matthew spoke first, prodding Charlie with a nondescript gesture. “What do you think, Mr. Powers?”

“That’s right. Assistant general manager is an important spot. You can’t hand it over to someone with an unknown background just because they resolved one crisis for the company!”

Charlie shot a glance at Rita, then muttered to himself, “Much less a young girl like this.”

Jason ignored the two, turning to Connor Trent, who’d maintained silent throughout. “What do you think, Mr. Trent?”

“I’ll leave the decision up to you, Mr. Snow. I have no opinion on the matter.” Connor gave up his say.

Charlie glared at him. “Brownnose!”

Connor smiled, as if he hadn’t heard that.

The position had been one that Charlie and Connor were competing over. Now that Connor had given up, Charlie was obviously slated to be the one to get said position.

As his personality went, of course Charlie was feeling resentful as all heck.

He looked coldly towards Rita, leering, “Listen, girlie…”

“Rita Brown.”

Halfway into his sentence, Rita interrupted him with two words.

“W…what?” Charlie jolted.

Seriously, Rita replied, “My name, gentlemen, is Rita Brown.”

Hearing that, everyone paused for a second.

Other than a bit of disquiet flashing across Jason’s eyes, the rest of them didn’t seem to register anything. At least, they didn’t connect that name to the Brown family.

Rita didn’t have Amelia’s favor, so she’d never been let into the company.

Furthermore, none of the Brown family had ever been allowed to mention Rita’s existence in the bloodline.

So it wasn’t strange that people here didn’t know her.

“You say you solved this issue for us, but where’s the proof?” Charlie cocked an eyebrow, putting the ball in Rita’s court again.

“Yeah, this was all Mutt’s exposure piece at work, what’s it got to do with you?” Hearing that, Matthew chimed in. “Show us proof that you were responsible, and we’ll hand you that position.”

Matthew’s doubts resonated with the other managers of the company, who started talking amongst themselves.

“Mr. Powers and Mr. Gray are right, Mr. Snow. We have to have Ms. Brown prove that she did resolve this issue and it wasn’t a coincidence.” Connor spoke as well.

place pressure on her,

but

manager’s position, but now

a band of

Rita. “What do you mean proof; you’re just going

fiery. “Quit speculating wildly. I feel like

“You…”

to say something else, but Rita stopped him with a hand. “They’re right,

Nathan jolted, looking

she lost

gang didn’t want

what Charlie and the rest of them

they wouldn’t budge

everything to play

Matthew and Connor as she said mildly, “Since I was the one who’d sold the video to Mutt, I’m not bothered by

the video to Mutt? But Mutt is saying on social media

else

outright that he’d bought

looked contemptuously

“Can’t round out

didn’t expect Mutt to give

didn’t speak, only

didn’t panic. “Then why don’t have ask Isabelle over, and

with the lie,” Charlie

I had someone get

as efficient as always, Mr.

the best bet

staff in the office lauded praise on Connor, who simply remained as outwardly humble as

action and bearing were all mild-mannered, but to Rita, he hid daggers behind that smile

up to Jason, he was probably the one who least wanted

to play it like that, she

the silent treatment? Afraid?” Matthew glanced at her and mocked. “You can still back out

kid, if you leave now, you can still salvage

“I have

moment, the

walked in

to greet her, all smiles. “Hello, Ms. Anderson. I’m Connor Trent. I asked you to come to the

Trent,” Isabelle

at hand. “So as far as my knowledge goes, you sold the information

how it went,” Isabelle

that, Connor’s

placed the focus straight on Rita. “But this person says she was

be, I dug up the info myself!” Hearing that, Isabelle grew

her temper, some of the people there

up to Rita, who’d had her back to Isabelle all the time, and turned her forcefully over to face Isabelle. “How would you explain it away this time,

with her back straight. “What… do you

met, and

the middle of saying and

Boss?!

Connor froze. “!!!”

wasn’t just him was froze to

at Rita, still not registering the

That was some twist…

her…?” Unwilling to accept it, Connor

a Starpath investor’s sheet from her pocket and handed it to Connor. “Rita Brown, investor in Starpath Workshop,