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.”

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lips. It seemed her mother went to great lengths to fix her up with Liam. Very reluctantly, Rita walked out with him. For now, at least, Liam had no intention to

on

Rita!” came a shrill voice from nearby. Rita knew it was

her at a terrific speed. It all happened so

Liam, it was too late to avoid being hit. With a big bang, Liam bounced off and fell to the

lying utterly still, Rita’s face became very white. She stood frozen,

held her arm and asked anxiously, “Are you hurt, Rita?” He

night, Oliver couldn’t get her out of his mind. He didn’t see her at school. So, he had no choice but to follow her and

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

head and shouted anxiously, “Liam, it’s okay, wake up,

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

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

sadness, he

Rita, and a wave of anger came over him. He couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted, “You again, Rita! He hurts

so much for her. But she seemed totally indifferent to everything he had

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

had very mixed feelings about his words. Liam had pushed her away

it,” she said. Then she turned and walked away, followed

his lips.