After parting ways with Lillian, Rita didn’t choose to leave the hotel hurriedly but went to the roof top.
So much had happened overnight, so she got to find a place to clear her mind.
Not in her wildest dreams had Rita thought that the friendship that she valued the most in this lifetime
would hurt her this much.
It really hurts so much.
She started trembling uncontrollably out of the sheer pain in her already broken heart.
Soft breezes blew through the roof top. There were tears dropping to the ground from the girl’s face.
In the meantime, Liam was standing behind her and stared at her lovingly with sorrow.
But he didn’t step forward and console her.
He just stood by her side, let her calm herself down and deal with the fact that some people in her life
were destined to leave.
Twenty minutes later, the girl who was standing by the roof top finally moved.
Seeing that she had cleared her mind and was about to go downstairs, Liam’s icy eyes immediately
brightened up.
Putting his jacket on her gently, Liam asked lowly, “Hospital or school? I’ll send you back.”
“We were both drugged last night and got carried away, so...” Rita then stopped mid-sentenced and
looked at Liam. “Forget it.”
Eyes met, they both said nothing.
Recollecting her thoughts, Rita went downstairs wearily.
She left Liam behind, so she didn’t see how depressed he was when she left.
Because of Lillian’s trick, their already estranged relationship just took a worse turn. Rita was even
more indifferent to Liam to the point that she would avoid meeting him.
Though she said that they should forget about what had happened, both of them cared about it in
effect.
She was actually more afraid that this accident would give Liam unrealistic illusion, so she chose to nip
this thought in the bud directly.
Smart as Liam must have figured out her meaning.
The two didn’t see each other for a while and soon it was time for Rita to go on that business trip to
Country C.
A black and luxurious Porsche pulled up at the Browns early in the morning.
Liam then got off the car gracefully.
The shadow of Liam’s tall and muscular figure covered Rita who was holding a suitcase.
Glancing at the surprised Rita with his dark eyes, he finally landed his sight on Zoe who was next to
Rita.
“Mother.”
“Yeah, yeah.” Zoe answered hurriedly and let out a confused smile, “Liam, are you... are you driving
Rita to the airport?”
“No.” Liam smiled.
Hearing his words, Rita took a sigh of relief secretly.
She didn’t really care what he was doing here as along as he wasn’t here to meet her.
Zoe then got more bewildered.
“Then you are...”
“I’ll go with her.” While speaking, Liam stooped and took the suitcase from Rita.
Rita was obviously taken aback.
‘Did Liam have to go with them?”
But she remembered that Liam was not in the list of business trip this time.
For she was afraid to get along with Liam, she specifically inquired the colleague of human resource
department after she got back from the hotel and confirmed that Jacob was the main in-charge of the
team.
“What are you waiting for? Get on the car!” Rita’s back was suddenly nudged by Zoe’s elbow while she
was still wondering.
She then lost balance and plunged right into Liam’s arms.
Rita’s face turned all rosy because of the body touch. She hurriedly balanced herself and tried to break
herself away from Liam, but Liam’s big hands just naturally grabbed her back.
“Let go of me.” Glancing at the long fingers wrapping her waist, Rita said coldly.
Noting that Rita was in a bad mood, Zoe was greatly concerned inside.
Because she didn’t know what exactly happened, she just assumed that Rita had betrayed Liam and
fell in love with someone else.
Though she doted on her daughter, she wouldn’t spoil her on everything.
As a parent, she got to make sure that Rita wouldn’t take the wrong path on this sort of things.
While thinking this inside, Zoe rolled her eyes at Rita to warn her to stop moving.
Then she looked at Liam and smiled, “Liam, I feel more assured knowing that you will go with Rita
now.”
“Don’t worry, mom. I will take good care of Rita.” Liam then looked at Rita affectionately.
Zoe can obviously tell from her experience that Liam was really in love with Rita.
The sincerer Liam was, the worse Zoe felt inside.
Zoe then glanced at Rita apprehensively and came up with an excuse to distract Liam, “Oaky, Liam,
why don’t you load Rita’s suitcase onto the car first?”
Liam naturally figured out that Zoe wanted say something to Rita in private.
He then nodded and brought Rita’s baggage to the car.
“Rita, not that I’m being nosy, but I really want to say something to you so you can mull this over these
days.”
Holding Rita’s hand, Zoe continued,
“After you get married, you will start a new journey. You may get to see different views along the way,
and you may be gravitated by some of them, but you should know that no matter how gorgeous the
view is along the way, it will only be a fling and is sure to disappear in the end. You should cherish who
is next to you all the time because he would be the one who could accompany you to the end.”
Hearing Zoe’s speech, Rita was obviously confused and didn’t know what was going on.
But then she quickly recalled what she did with Oliver before and understood what her mother was
referring to.
Well, was her mother afraid that she might have an affair?
What a big mistake here...
“Mom, I... he...” Rita wanted to tell her mother the truth, but thinking what was going on in her family
recently, she was just afraid that her mother wouldn’t be able to handle the truth.
After weighting up the pros and cons, she chose to hold back the truth for now.
“You don’t need to answer me now. You can think about this seriously for a few days and tell me the
answer after you get back.” Rubbing Rita’s hair smilingly, Zoe looked at the car and urged, “Liam is
waiting for you. Hurry up and get on the car.”
“Okay.”
Rita answered and got on the car.
As soon as Rita turned around, her eyes filled with complicated feelings.
After she got on the car, the Porsche drove away the Wilsons slowly.
“Have you taken breakfast?” Liam glanced at Rita and asked gently.
Rita remained cold-faced and didn’t say anything.
“We can grab something after we get to the airport.” Liam then shoved a cup of hot milk to her hand,
“You can drink this first. It’s still warm.”
Looking at the warm milk, Rita was having mixed feelings.
She can clearly see and feel Liam’s care for her.
But instead of being touched, she was distressed inside.
She then returned the milk back, “Don’t waste your time on me.”
“If you don’t want to drink the milk, I can buy something else for you after we get to the airport.” Liam
said warmly in a few seconds.
The gentler he was towards her, the heavier she felt inside.
Lowering her head, Rita rejected coldly, “I’m not hungry. I don’t feel like eating.”
She didn’t want to eat anything he bought.
“Millet porridge then. It’s warm and also good for your stomach.”
Seeing that Liam had ignored her rejection, Rita stopped saying anything further.
Because she knew that she can never wake up someone who was pretending to be asleep.
It was at this moment that she realized that she had to have a closure with Liam. Liam would only feel
that there was room for maneuvering if she just kept stalling.
Taking a deep breath, Rita looked at Liam seriously, “Liam.”
“What?” Sensing that she was being weird, Liam sat up straight.
“We have four hours till we board the airplane, so we still get plenty of time. Let’s just get a divorce.”
Rita said the words seriously.
Hearing her words, Liam clutched at the milk box.
“I really don’t love you anymore.” Rita continued her words amid dead silence. “Liam, please get a
divorce with me. Let’s just end this marriage that is wrong at first.”
Liam’s face got all darkened.
Did she just want to divorce him this badly?
She even used the word “Please”.
Looking at Rita, Liam remembered what his grandpa told him before he passed away...
‘If Rita doesn’t want to forgive you and really wants to leave the Wilsons, just let her go and don’t force
her.”
“You still can’t forgive me?” Liam asked Rita.
“It’s all over now. I’ve moved on and don’t love you anymore.” Rita said honestly.
“You just have to get a divorce, right? Are you sure about this?” Liam said in a coarse and deep voice.
“Yes.”
Liam knitted his eyebrows and asked, “You won’t regret this?”
“I won’t regret it.” Rita answered without hesitation.
Hearing her answer, Liam grasped the milk box even harder. He can instantly feel the awful pain on his
fingers that was caused by the hot milk.
He was trying to avoid the divorce constantly, but it seemed like that there was no way to escape today.
He can tell that she was determined to leave him just like when she fell in love with him before.
It was futile to try to keep her.
If he forced her to stay, she would be more painful and would just hate him more.
Well, he would rather himself to be the one who was suffering.
“Okay then.” Liam recollected his thought and spoke to the driver, “Do what she said, let’s take a detour
and go to the Civil Affairs Bureau.”
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