Sweet Divorce

The Equity Division

Rita eventually made a concession and continued to have her meal because Liam insisted.

She finished her lunch and then got out of the bed, “Let’s go.”

“Wait.”

Liam stopped her again.

Rita lifted her eyes impatiently, “What now?” He still had requests?

Liam raised his hand and wiped her lips gently with a tissue.

Then he stared at her face and gave a fond smile, “OK.”

“Thanks.”

Rita went blank for a while before he spoke in his mesmerizing voice.

She stopped looking at him. Then she went past him quickly and left the room. When she walked out the door, her heart began to thump.

She felt her heart melted when he wiped her lips.

She would still be influenced by Liam no matter how hard she tried to move on.

Maybe that was because she had been too obsessive with him in the past.

But it could prove nothing else.

That was it.

Thinking of that, Rita no longer frowned.

But she was still afraid that her mood would fluctuate because of Liam, so she sat next to the car door as close as possible, trying to be away from him.

“Rita!”

When she was to close the door, someone grabbed her door and then called her in a cold voice.

She lifted her eyes with puzzle and saw a man in a scowl.

“Uncle Mason?”

“Do not call me uncle again. I don’t deserve!” Mason had a look at Liam and then glared at Rita, “Get off. We need to talk in private.”

Rita frowned as she felt Mason was enraged.

Although he did not say anything, she knew why he came to her.

Mason always forced a smile in front of others. He came here with a scowl probably because she slapped Charlotte the other day.

But she did not feel sorry at all, because she did not think she was wrong.

Rita did not get off the car. She released her hold on the door and then lolled back in her seat. “Uncle Mason, if you come here because you feel disgruntled for Charlotte, then I’ve got nothing to say.”

Seeing that she was firm with him, Mason held the file in his hand more tightly, which wrinkled the paper.

“Uncle Mason, is there anything else? I want to go home now.”

Saying this, Rita was to close the door.

But Mason threw the paper at her with a frown, “Sign this before you leave.”

The paper cut her soft skin. Then her face began to sting and bleed slightly.

Rita lowered her eyes and flicked a glance at the paper which were scattered. “What’s…”

“The equity division.” Mason sniffed and interrupted her.

The equity division?

She bent down slowly to pick up the paper. Then she went through the document and knew that Mason delegated a lawyer to work on the agreement on assignment of equity interests.

It was fair. He did not take less of more shares.

Holding the document, Rita raised her head, “Uncle Mason, are you sure you want to divide the equity? Can you wait until Amelia comes around?”

“She trusts you. You can sign on behalf of her, then we are done. I’ll never bother you, and you can’t bother me either.” Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“I can’t stop you now that you choose to sign the agreement. But I want to know is it your idea or Charlotte’s?”

“Stop that. Sign this now since you know you can’t stop me.” Mason took out a pen from his pocket and threw it to Rita.

He seemed to make adequate preparation before he came to her.

No, Charlotte seemed to make adequate preparation.

Mason seemed tough usually. But it was merely a bluff. He could not work out this plan to checkmate her and make her have to sign the agreement.

Charlotte really had taken great pains to get the shares of company in her previous life and now.

“Hurry – sign this. I don’t want to go to court because of that and make other people in F City make fun of us.” Mason urged her when he saw Rita hadn’t signed for a long time.

Rita laughed out, “But you don’t even care about they will make fun of us if we hasten to divide the equity.”

“You don’t even care Rose is your family! I won’t do this if you haven’t hurt Rose.” Mason gritted his teeth with anger when he thought of Rose’s hands filling with blisters.

Although Charlotte kept telling him not to mention that, but he just could not help it.

“You’re joking, right? When did I hurt Aunt Rose?” It was always Rose who wanted to hurt her.

“Now you don’t remember you asked Liam to burn her with hot water?” Mason thought she did not admit it purposely, so he spoke with heavy irony, “Are you playing dumb? Right, the important person would tend to forget something.”

Liam?

Rita was surprised at his words, then she turned and looked at Liam, “You did this?”

Liam nodded, “Right.”

“Why?” Rita was puzzled.

“Why? Because she gave you a push which made you injured more severely. He was annoyed.” Liam did not reply, but Jacob pouted and spoke sitting in the shotgun.

Rita was stunned.

She went blank for a while. Then she continued to ask Jacob about the details.

When she knew Liam really did this for her, she felt her heart was knocking uncontrollably with a mixed feeling.

But she soon stopped thinking about that. Then she threw the document back to Mason, “I won’t sign this.”

“Then you want me to file a lawsuit against you?” Mason gritted his teeth again with anger smoldering in his eyes.

“I don’t care. But I want to remind you – stop imagining that you will hold any share of the company, you won’t.” She would not allow Charlotte to take anything from her.

Mason was trembling with anger. But Rita ignored him and closed the door after she saying that, “Let’s go, Lee.”

The car leaped forward, raising a cloud of dust to Mason.

Mason stayed where he was with a scowl and gripped the paper in his hand, gnashing his teeth, “Rita, then we will meet in the court!”

The car kept moving forward. Rita lowered her head and gazed at her feet, thinking about what Jacob had said to her.

“Why? Because she gave you a push which made you injured more severely. He was annoyed.”

Ironically, he would actually love her and care about her. But she did not care anymore.

It was the end of September after a few days. Jim…

After his death, she and Liam would also have a clean break-up.

‘Liam, let’s just go our separate way and let go of the past.’

‘It’s good for both of us.’

Rita said in her mind and then closed her eyes tiredly.

When they arrived, Rita rushed to Jim’s bedroom upstairs.

She opened the door and found Jim was lying on a recliner.

He looked frail.

Tears misted her eyes.

“Liam?” Jim seemed to hear the sound and then spoke slowly.

Rita took a deep breath and held back her tears. Then she squatted beside him and called him sweetly, “Jim!”