Sweet Divorce novel Chapter 142

Rita didn't get a reply from Liam. She raised her head to look at him and found that his eyes were closed.

Could he fell asleep that fast?

She knew he was just pretending so that he could avoid the subject.

But inevitably, they had to divorce no matter he wanted to or not.

She wriggled out of his embrace. Standing by the bed, she looked down at Liam. “Have the documents ready the day I return. We’ll end this quick.”

Still, Liam gave no reply. Fretful, Rita raised her brows.

She moved her eyes away from Liam to the desk, and plucked a pen to start drawing on a pad.

She was gradually aware of how important power was after the trauma that happened to her family.

Only with power could she protect the people she cared. Only with power could she safeguard herself from schemes and conspiracies.

So she practiced once she was free, grasping every possible chance to better herself.

Engrossed in her practice, Rita didn't notice that Liam had opened his eyes. He looked at her, his face complex.

She drew, he watched, silent but peaceful.

A while later, the hall sudden became raucous.

“Hurry, or we won’t get a seat in the front row.” Outside Rita’s dorm, a girl urged her friend.

But her friend didn't seem to care at all.

“It’s just a lecture, what’s the big deal about it? The only thing that I care now is when Oliver will come back. I haven’t seen him for half an month.

“Don’t you know yet? Oliver dropped out. His family came to run the procedure a few days ago.

Rita’s hand paused when she heard the girls’ conversation.

Oliver dropped out?

Why?

Is it because…

“Why did he drop out? Who told you that.” One girl asked.

“My uncle’s a teacher here, he mentioned it two days ago when I went to his home.” The other girl looked around. When she found no one in their sight, she continued. “Some says that it’s because Oliver falls in love with a girl. But his family won’t allow him to be with her, so they restrain him at home.”

Rita had it right.

The Roberts didn’t support Oliver’s relationship with the girl he liked, so they had him dropped out of school to stop him from the girl.

It seemed Oliver had been sincere to his relationship with this girl this time. Otherwise, his family wouldn’t have done so much to stop them.

Rita would never expect a boy who always had the game face like Oliver would be so committed to a girl.

She hoped that Oliver and the girl could make it through.

She made her wish to them silently.

Meanwhile, Liam pressed his lips into a tight line as he watched her drifting off. “You care about that so much?”

“What?” His question came out of the blue, Rita was confused.

“Oliver.” The man said.

“Oh, well… sort of. “of course she would care about her friends.

But her answer filled Liam with jealousy. “It seems you are close to each other.” He pretended that he was only asking a casual question.

“Not really…” Rita resumed her practice, “just friends.”

“Cool.” His tone was indifferent while his heart was like an ice cube melting under the sun.

Delighted, he got off the bed and headed outside.

Rita intercepted him. “You want to just walk out like this?”

“Can’t I?”

“If someone sees you walking out of my room, the whole floor is going to be in a mess.” A man in a girl’s dormitory would for sure freak the other residents.

Rita rubbed her forehead and then grabbed a silk scarf from her wardrobe and threw it to Liam. “Here. Wear it.”

Confusion filled his eyes as he looked at the scarf.

“Cover your face, so you won’t cause some unnecessary trouble.”

Rita said as she poked her head out the room.

The hall, clamorous a minute ago, was now queerly quiet.

What happened?

Confused, she walked out into the hall. She looked around and found every room locked.

“Where is everyone?”

“They all went to the lecture on design.”

Nora walked out with her crutch as Rita wondered.

Nora smiled provocatively when she spied the minor change on Rita’s face when she saw her. “Seems like you’re unhappy to see me here.”

“But I’m afraid that you have to tolerate this. Liam arranged this after all.

Purposely, she pressed Liam’s name when she said it so to irk Rita.

Rita glanced over Nora, and then at Liam who stood behind the door. She smiled chillily. “That’s really thoughtful of him, isn’t it?”

“Rita, you are so pathetic.” Nora wanted her revenge so bad that she did not notice Liam at all, she walked up to Rita and whispered at her ears sarcastically. “So what you have talked thing out with him? He doesn’t love you at all, he loves the dead one.”

Normally, Rita would just walk away. But she changed her mind after she peered at Liam.

She thought it would not be a bad thing to let Liam see what kind of person Nora really were.

She raised her brows and looked at Nora. “How do you mean?”

“He forgave me just because I’m her sister, and he even helped me back to W university. Can’t you see how deep his love for my sister is?” Nora twisted the truth in the delusion that she could stab a knife at Rita’s heart by doing that.

But Rita just laughed out loud. Puzzled, Nora frowned. “What are you laughing at?”

“At how stupid you are.”

Rita cleared her throat and continued. “He arranged you live in the same dorm with Lilly. And you still think that he’s helping you, how stupid are you?”

That was a real bard to Nora. She clenched her fists tightly, her finger digging deep into her palm.

Truth though it was, Nora would not just swallow lumps and surrender to Rita.

She shoved at Rita. “Bullshit.”

Rita reeled back. She was about to hit the wall, but a hand fell on her shoulder and then she was wrapped into his arms.

The man lowered his head to look at the girl in his arms. When he raised his head again, his eyes were covered with ice. “I gave you a chance.”

Startled, Nora felt sweat all over her back.