Sweet Divorce

Connor stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking down at Rita on the ground floor through his gold glasses. A savage envy came on him at once.

He had spent ten years in the company. Over the years, he had been conscientious and dutiful. He considered himself a shoo-in for the vice-General Manager. But to his surprise, Rita, a girl of twenty, got the position.

Connor thought that was a big humiliation for him. He glared at Rita and his fists were clenched.

“You seemed so upset, Connor.” Suddenly, a familiar voice came suddenly from outside. Connor looked taken aback. He turned his head, and noticed Ralph Watts smiling at him.

Next second, Connor went very pale, and asked, “What are you doing here?”

“I…”

Before Ralph could say another word, Connor interrupted, “Wait, wait!” He stepped out of his office to check that they were alone.

Ralph sneered. He settled himself comfortably in a chair and crossed his legs. “Don’t worry. No one took much notice of me. Everyone is talking about the new vice-General Manager.” Ralph’s voice was thick with disdain and contempt. “You failed me, Connor. The scandal between Nathan Murphy and Bella Colt didn’t ruin SF. Brown at all. Tell me now. What is up with Mutt’s words?” Ralph said with a smile, but his eye-expression was cold.

Connor panicked and explained quickly, “It has nothing to do with me. At first things were going smoothly as expected, but a girl stepped in and solved the crisis. And worse than that, she got the position of vice-General Manager!”

Ralph frowned and sneered, “That’s ridiculous, Connor. I did not expect that you might lose to a girl!”

“Oh, you can relax, Ralph. She is not going to be laughing for long. I will get the position back. Then, together we can take down the Brown Group,” said Connor.

“That’s great! I’ll be waiting for you. Once you have succeeded, you will become the president of P. Group,” Ralph said with satisfaction. Then he stood up and started for the door.

But it seemed something suddenly occurred to him. He stopped and turned to Connor, “I have sent someone to teach your new vice-General Manager a lesson. I think she may need to stay in hospital in the next few days. So, I recommend that you use this time to get the position.”

the same time, Liam appeared before Rita’s

with surprise and asked,

bag in his hand. “Look, I have gone food shopping. Mommy will make more delicious food for us. Come on. Let’s

lengths to fix her up with Liam. Very reluctantly, Rita walked out with him. For now, at least, Liam

on a sidewalk.

Rita!” came a shrill voice from nearby. Rita knew it was Oliver’s voice in no

her at a terrific speed. It all happened so quickly that Rita

too late to avoid being hit. With a big bang, Liam bounced off and fell to the ground. The truck didn’t stop but drove

still, Rita’s face became very white. She

stopped by Oliver. Oliver held her arm and asked anxiously, “Are you hurt,

see her at school. So, he had no choice but to follow her and watch from a distance. But the crazy truck screwed up his plan. He couldn’t recover from the shocked astonishment

seem to hear anything he said. Her face was grey, and her eyes looked empty, dead. Her

She held his head and shouted anxiously, “Liam, it’s okay, wake up, wake up!” Sadly though, Liam remained unconscious. Immediately, tears conquered

streaming face and looked at Oliver. “Oliver, help me! Take him to the

face. In his view, Rita was always calm. But, by this

felt a sense of sadness, he brought Liam to

rushed to the emergency room, Jacob arrived, worry written on his face. He fixed his eye on Rita, and a wave of anger came over him. He couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted, “You again, Rita! He hurts pretty bad, huh? This is all on

Liam had done so much for her. But she seemed

Rita. Yes, Liam broke your heart before, but it’s a misunderstanding. In fact. He suffered as well. And then he actually did everything to fix all the mistakes he has made. Even he almost died on the snowy mountain for you, but it didn’t make any difference. You still insisted on a divorce. He loves you, Rita. He loves you better than his life. If you don’t love him, you

moment, she had very mixed feelings about his words. Liam had pushed her

it,” she said. Then she turned and walked

lifted a corner of his lips. “Don’t blame me, Liam. I did it for you,” he