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

looked at him with surprise and asked, “What

food shopping. Mommy will make

with Liam. Very reluctantly, Rita walked out with him. For now, at least, Liam

they walked on a sidewalk.

Rita knew it was Oliver’s voice in

her at a terrific speed.

missed the truck by inches! But for Liam, it was too late to avoid being hit. With a big bang, Liam bounced off and fell to the ground. The

face became very white. She stood frozen, her

was stopped by Oliver. Oliver held her arm and

her out of his mind. He didn’t see her at school. So, he had no choice but to follow her and watch from a distance. But the crazy truck

grey, and her eyes looked empty, dead. Her mind was full

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

raised her streaming face and looked at Oliver. “Oliver, help me!

face. In his view, Rita was

sense of sadness, he brought Liam to a

his eye on Rita, and a wave of anger came over him. He couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted,

kept still and said nothing. Jacob was right. Liam had done so much for her. But she seemed totally indifferent to

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 should stay away from him. If you have felt something like pity for him, I hope you should never see him again.” Jacob put his cigarette out and his eyes fell upon

in silence. At the moment, she had very mixed feelings about his words. Liam had pushed her away and put himself

immersed in thought, but not for long. “I get it,” she said.

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