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.

pressure on

weren’t good people, but

position, but now

a band of

had enough. He stood up for Rita. “What do you mean proof; you’re just going back on your

turned fiery. “Quit speculating wildly. I feel like my suggestion was fair

“You…”

stopped him with

looking

she lost her

and gang didn’t

rest of them thought, of course Rita

knew they wouldn’t

also expected everything to play

eyes scanned across Charlie, Matthew and Connor as she said mildly, “Since I was the one who’d sold the video

to Mutt? But Mutt is saying on social media that it was the Starpath reporter Isabelle Anderson who’d

else checked Mutt’s

course, Mutt had admitted outright that he’d bought

looked contemptuously at

out

Mutt to give up his source

only looked mildly

why don’t have ask

with the

had someone get

efficient as always, Mr.

if anything, he’s the best bet for assistant general

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

were all mild-mannered, but to Rita, he hid daggers behind that smile of

it up to Jason, he was probably the one who

it like that, she wasn’t going to stop

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

you leave now, you can still salvage

have nothing to

that moment, the door

in

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

Trent,” Isabelle

knowledge goes, you sold the information to

it went,” Isabelle nodded

that, Connor’s

throat and placed the focus straight on Rita.

can’t be, I dug up the info

her lose her temper, some of the people there grew even more

to Rita, who’d had her back to Isabelle all the time, and turned her forcefully over to face Isabelle. “How would

Isabelle with her back straight.

eyes met, and

the middle of saying and added

Boss?!

Connor froze. “!!!”

wasn’t just him was froze to the spot, but everyone else

Isabelle, then at Rita, still

That was some twist…

you just called her…?” Unwilling to accept it, Connor confirmed it once

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