Sweet Divorce

Chapter 40 The Mess of the Brown Family

Rita looked at the man in the car, blinking. Her face was full of dismay.

The man cast a glance at her and looked back ahead, saying calmly, "Yesterday we came in your POIO. I didn't drive."

"What?" Hearing this pointless remark, Rita was very puzzled.

"How could I go back when you took the car?" Liam threw a sentence once again, then she finally understood.

The man was just on his way.

'Well, on his way.'

'But ... was the Wilson family short of cars?'

Although there were many explanations that didn’t make sense, Rita didn’t think much.

She now gave herself a clear set, so she would never have any illusions about what she should not dream, because she did not want the things turned out to be her own wishful thinking again.

"Why do you want to go back home so suddenly? What happened?" Seeing that she didn’t reply, Liam inquired.

"Grandma told me to go back and talk about something." Rita answered truthfully, turning her face towards the window, and looking at the scenery along the way.

"Rare." © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Suddenly the man laughed.

He’s always saying something pointless that Rita had almost been accustomed to.

She began to follow his way of thinking, wondering what did he mean.

Thinking about it, she realised he meant the fact that Amelia Miller asked her to return home to discuss things was rare.

She spread her hand, "I've been used to the Brown family’s snobbishness. I wouldn't feel strange, much less fuss."

The whole Brown family, except her parents, was cold-blood.

Her view had never changed in her previous life or in her present life.

If it wasn't for Mom and Dad, she wouldn't have saved her family.

Rita’s remarks about the Brown family made Liam shocked. Seeing her expressionless face, he frowned.

He had never known her, nor the Brown family.

He just knew her family was strict. Since Rita married him, her grandmother renounced her.

At that point, he felt angry that he would not blame the Brown family for doing so.

But now thinking about it, it's actually a kind of cruelty for Rita.

***

Around the Brown family, Rita had seen her mother Zoe Duncan waiting outside at a distance. As soon as the car pulled up, she quickly got out of the car," Mom, why are you standing here?"

"Waiting for you." Zoe was certainly happy to see her daughter, completely forgetting how cold it was.

"Mom, it's cold outside. Come on, let's get inside." Rita felt worse when seeing Zoe’s red nose, pulling her mother toward the room, completely forgetting the man behind.

It was Zoe who found Liam, then she stopped.

"Liam?"

Liam politely nodded, "Mom."

This voice made Rita froze with shock.

She looked back at the man behind her with shock.

'Mom?'

'He said Mom?'

'Hadn’t he disdained to contact with her family?'

'Today, why was he so friendly and even greeted her mom?'

Recently, the man behaved more and more abnormally, and sometimes even made her confused.

"Well, well..." Zoe was so overwhelmed that her eyes went slightly red. For a moment she even did not know what to say."

Thinking for a long time, she hastened to ask, "Liam, it’s ... it’s you who sent Rita over?"

"Yes."

After the two short questions, the two people were merely left to look at each other because they were unfamiliar.

To avoid embarrassment, Zoe started, "Liam, since you’ve come, come in and have lunch with us."

Rita frowned.

She hastily held her mother's hand, saying with a smile, "Mom, Liam is very busy. He may be not available for the lunch."

"Well, I see." Zoe cast a disappointed glance at Liam, and smiled, "Since Liam is busy, then we can have lunch the next time."

"No matter how busy he is, there's still time for lunch, right?"

Zoe’s words were suddenly interrupted.

"All of them were stunned, turning heads to the courtyard."

It turned out to be Amelia who was standing on the steps with a crutch, looking at them condescendingly.

Her bleared eyes glanced at them, and her sight finally fell on Liam, "Liam, isn’t it?"

Rita knows Amelia well.

She knew that by doing this, Amelia just wanted to take the opportunity to use the Wilson family to help Browns go through the difficult situation.

She did not want to owe Liam, and she certainly didn’t agree with this practice.

She smiled and tried to stop her, "Grandma, Liam is ..."

"Grandma, of course I have time for lunch." Suddenly, Liam interrupted her.

Then she was drawn into a strong bosom.

Rita looked up at the man overhead with surprise.

'?'

'What was this man doing?'

"Noah, what are you doing? Just tell the cook to cook a few more dishes. Today we must entertain our son-in- law."

Casting a glance at Rita and Liam, Noah hesitated for a while, but eventually he did what Amelia had said.

In this way, Rita and Liam entered the gate of Brown’s house.

She took a step to the right and pulled the distance between Liam and her while everyone was not paying attention.

But the next second, she was pulled back by the man.

She frowned when her shoulders slammed into the man's chest.

She was just about to raise her case, but the man pulled in, "If there is too much distance between us, it will be easy for your family to spot the problem, and then your parents must have a hard time."

The man squinted at her and said reasonably.

His words were poking at her heart's concern, and her resistant body got relieved and stayed at the man's side.

Seeing that she did not struggle any more, the man smiled contentedly.

But this smile was very small, even Liam himself did not notice.

"You shouldn't be involved in this mess."

Suddenly the small woman in his arms started. For a second, Liam was surprised and then looked down to her.

"Oh?"

"The Browns’ clothes are stuck for sale. They are eager to find someone to help them solve their problems. You're going to be blackmailed if you get involved in at this time." She knew her grandmother's shrewdness and prowess too well.

Find any way to gain advantage!

Liam cocked his head to look at the woman who were worried. He smiled, "Are you afraid that I might be blackmailed?"

"I'm afraid I will owe you." Rita looked up without doubt in her eyes.

Liam’s eyes became thoughtful when they met Rita’s.

'I see!'

She was afraid to owe him a favor that fell in troubles when divorce?

He clutched her by the shoulder, so tightly that himself didn’t even notice.

Rita felt the pains of being scratched and frowned, "Liam, what are you doing?"

The man did not answer her. His hand quietly loosed to some extent, but not entirely, holding her into the house by following others.

***

Grace and Charlotte were sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Ta, ta.

Hearing the footsteps, Charlotte pretended to welcome them, "Rita, you’ve come back? Today I ... Liam?!"

Seeing Liam, Charlotte froze.

Especially when seeing Liam’s hand which was around Rita’s shoulder, her eyes were full of crazy envy.

Seeing Charlotte, Rita seemed to think of something.

She leaned on the man deliberately, saying gently, "Darling, you were too tired to sleep well last night, why don't you go back to my room for a rest?"