Sweet Divorce

Hearing that, Liam’s pupils shrank on the bed. “Say that again, Rita!”

The man’s face was sunken, each syllable dripping with anger.

In an instant, a massive pressure emanated throughout the room.

Even though she’d been prepared, faced with his intimidating glare, Rita’s spine ran cold with sweat.

She forced herself to remain calm and spoke. “I said, I’ve had my fill of fun. I’m done. Let’s break up, Liam!”

Liam’s deathly stare centred on Rita as she repeated what she’d said, his hands crumpling his covers.

She’d been laughing yesterday over how he ought to propose before getting remarried, but just one night later, they were breaking up.

The usually collected man flew into a rage. “The reason!”

Faced with his demand, Rita wasn’t surprised.

As he’d slept through the night, she’d thought over everything he’d go through already, and of course, she had an excuse ready.

She shrugged nonchalantly. “I loved you so much in the beginning, but because of a misunderstanding, you destroyed all my pride and my dignity. I even had my left leg broken because of you…

“You don’t think, Liam, that with everything that’s happened, I’d still be stupid enough to soften because you saved me, and really start over with you, do you?

“I never fell back in love with you. I only got back together with you to get revenge.”

Liam frowned, not buying it for a second. “I could see in your eyes that you felt something when you were with me. You can’t lie to me, Rita. Something happened after I fainted last night to make you say all this about breaking up.”

Their eyes met, and for a second, Rita was afraid.

Afraid that all her lies could be seen through that easily.

But soon, she turned her fear into a leering smile. “If I didn’t put on an act like I really felt something for you, how could I draw you in?”

“So?” Liam asked on, not comprehending.

Rita retracted her smile and steeled her heart. “So I wanted you to feel what it’s like to be hurt to the core by someone you loved so much – that’s my revenge against you, Liam Wilson!

“I thought it’d have taken some more time to reach that point, but when you pushed me away without hesitation last night when the chandelier fell, I understood that your feelings for me had developed enough.

the cards are coming

to be toyed around like this by your

a word of what she said, but

the truth. The moment I got back together with you was the moment I started getting even! Now

she turned and

so much

that if she stayed for one more second, she’d soften

out of his IV feed and pulled her

the man’s bleeding arm, her

agony, she hardened it. “That was the tru-

could get the word out, the man’s

but his hands secured her

broke down Rita’s defenses and she found

get remarried tomorrow,

sonorous voice grew low and raspy, with

a proud, cold man. But for her, he was willing

she willed it, he would have plucked stars out of the sky for

But…

Sorry, Liam.

man off, roaring, “Enough, Liam!

body was weak. The shove sent him reeling back into the glass on

of glass stabbed

him wounded again, Rita’s gut wrenched, and she almost ran over to

to truly drive it home, she turned around and

at her firmly receding back, the man on the ground clutched

leaving him

with

Were you?

after Rita left, Jacob

ground, he jumped and helped him up. “What – what’s wrong, Mr. Wilson? Why’s your

his bloodied hands with a complicated

you alone in the room – where’s Rita? Where’s she run off to instead of looking after you?” Jacob didn’t notice the strange expression

in danger to save her yesterday, but this

word “Rita”, Liam’s chest

in his palm. His fist clenched up, and the shards

panicked, hurriedly loosening the man’s