Charlotte suddenly just grabbed the listener in Rita's hand violently and smashed it on the ground. "Who gives you the right to listen to other people's privacy? You..." "What are you panicking for?" Seeing Charlotte's reaction, Rita sneered. Realizing how improper her behavior was, Charlotte forced herself to be calm and said, "I'm not panicking. I'm just protecting my privacy." Protecting her privacy? What a good excuse. Sadly, it was just an excuse! Glancing at the listener that was already trampled to pieces, Rita sneered. Well, did she really think that she can get away with this without the listener as evidence? How naive... She then grabbed a voice recorder from her pocket and pressed the play button. Soon Charlotte's voice echoed in the whole living room, "Brian, I can guarantee you family a rich life as long as you took this bullet for me. I will even send you brother abroad to study in that music college in Country m." Brian and Charlotte as well as all peopl
Snapped out of muse, Rita looked confused. "What are you doing here?" Why is he here? The astonishment in her tone somehow rendered Liam in bitterness. She doesn't want to meet me, he thought. Let her go, give her the freedom that she wants, he once thought. But that decision lasted no longer than just a few days. That's why he came here today, to have a pretext to see her. But he could only hide all the feeling he felt for her deep in his heart no matter how he pined for her. His expression was customarily cold. "To visit Mr. Brown." "Oh..."Rita replied curtly and made way for him. "How do you feel, Mr. Brown?" Liam walked to Noah's bed and piled the supplement he bought down on the floor. Gently, he asked. "The doctor said that you mean to check out? But you are not fully recovered yet." Though he and Rita had divorced, Liam still treated Noah the same. More or less, that moved Noah. He talked to Liam casually. "I have been here for over a month. It's boredom that I s
A few days later, a subsidiary of the Brown Group got trapped in a scandal. There was a storm of boycott against Splendidflowers Brown on the Internet. Splendidflowers Brown, short as SF, was a luxurious female clothing brand that the Brown Group had developed in recent years. The design of Nathan Murphy, the chief designer of SF, was so audacious and chic that it magnetized celebrities. SF's sales had been increasing while the Brown Group's had been spiraling downwards. At the beginning, all the staff in SF assumed that the protest would cease soon, but it only intensified. The demonstration blocked their stores, and their sales plunged down consequently. And the Brown Group's reputation was tainted. The boycott set the whole Brown Group in a pandemonium. Noah rushed to the company for a board meeting even though he's not fully mended. "Rita, Zoe, I can't have dinner with you, I gotta go to the company." "What happened? You aren't recovered yet, why do they summon you?" Zo
Nathan Looked at Rita with confusion in his eyes. "That's what this is for?" She could just apply for a job if she wanted to get into the Brown Group. Why would she get herself in the swirl? "Isn't that a simple thing to do? Like, way to simple." So simple that made him felt unrealistic. Rita smiled, her eyes glimmering. "It's not simple, not at all." "You'll know." Rita didn't elaborate, she raised her eyes at Nathan. "So, what do you say? Wanna give it a shot or not?" Looking at Rita, Nathan felt like a lay of light just pried open the darkness he was in. He saw hope and warmness. "I'll give it a shot." He agreed resolutely after a moment of silence. His eyes laid on Rita's face again. "So, what's your plan? And, what do I need to do? Why don't we have a talk about that?" "You need to prepare some popcorn... and some beverage to wash it down." Popcorn and beverage? What? Nathan blinked, puzzled, "Huh?" "Just sit and lay back while watching me juggle." Rita laughed li
Liam's interference changed the essence of the matter. In the dimness, the air was filled with hostility. The two men were like some volatile that could go off in any second and devastate the whole area. "Your woman? Seems like you have a bad memory, Liam. You and Rita have divorced." Oliver straightened his back and looked at Liam with mockery in his eyes. Liam's face became dark instantly at Oliver's provocation. But the angrier he was, the more complacent Oliver was. "She can be with whoever she wants to now, and you have no right to interfere." Oliver said as he reached his head out to take Rita back to his side. But Liam snapped his hand back. "Divorce? That's nothing but just a piece of paper. She's mine, for the whole of my life." "Nobody covets her." Liam declared in a domineering way, fretting Oliver. Oliver had reservations before, worrying that he might tarnish Ritas reputation since she and Liam were still legally married. But now? He had nothing to worry ab
"Liam, what did you buy?" smiling, Jacob walked up to Liam and asked. Liam looked aloof. "What? I have to report to you now?" Frightened, Jacob shook his head hurriedly. He poked at the roses lying conspicuously in the back seat, asked. "Liam, you didn't just go to buy these flowers, did you?" "You got a problem?" Liam said, nonchalance in his voice. Jacob raised a brow. "Didn't you say I am tacky? Then why did you still buy flowers?" Liam paused and turned on his heels, those onyx-like eyes of his fixing on Jacob. "Have you found out who took Nora, where is she now, and who is behind all this?" "No." Embarrassed, Jacob said scratching his head. "Well." Liam announced curtly, his face turned cold instantly. "Then why are you still here?" Oh, shit... Who is he, where is him? Cam he take back what he has just said. Jacob zipped his mouth and left to get on his task, not daring to utter another sound. Liam drove to Rita's. Right now in the Brown family. "Noah, you still
Liam was surprising Rita today. She couldn't resist the urge to glance at him some more. Whether it was an illusion or not, she felt that she wasn't the only one who had changed. He seemed to have changed as well. Not as cold as before, a little more talkative. "What, is there anything on my face?" Maybe she'd lapsed off for too long. Liam's voice rang out in her ear. Rita put the rose down and picked up her bag. "I've got something important to take care of." Shed agreed on three days with Jason, and today was the first. If she even didn't go to school, she also have no time to waste. She had to take control of the situation, or she wouldn't make it in time. Looking at her silhouette hurrying away, Liam's bright eyes dimmed slightly. Zoe saw his depressed state for what it was. She looked at the independent girl in the distance and chuckled as she turned to the man before her. "That Rita... don't mind her, Liam. Ive spoiled her out of manners." "It's fine." The man too
Rita was taking the things to the dressing rooms on the second floor when a svelte, pretty girl came up from the front. Even from a distance, she was sure that this was Raymond's secretary- Susie Williams. In her past life, because of the Colt affair, Susie and gang had been big characters up on the tabloid front pages for a whole month. At that time, you could find their faces just from a casual glance at a tabloid magazine, so Rita's impression of Susie was still fresh. "Raymond's suit?" Looking at the things in her hand, Susie walked up with an air of arrogance. "Hand it to me." "Hand it over already!" Her hesitation seemed to irritate Susie. Rita examined the woman before her, gaze falling on the phone bag belted to her waist. As Susie yanked at her, Rita suddenly loosened her grip. Susie fell over backwards on the floor, the clothes and makeup scattering in a mess over herself. "I'm - I'm sorry." Seeing that, Rita scrambled up. But she didn't help Susie up. Instea