Sweet Divorce

The Necklace

“That’s right. It’s mine, so I have the right to deal with it.”

“And who are you to tell me to pick it up?”

“You don’t have the right!”

She had psyched herself up after she was reborn. But now she lost control of herself.

She still could not calm herself down when she confronted him, which made her more annoyed and vexed.

She pushed him away angrily, pointing at the door, “Get out!”

Liam frowned deeply, standing motionless.

Didn’t the necklace belong to Joey?

Why did it belong to Rita now?

What was wrong?

He stared at her sharply, saying in a cold voice, “How can you prove that?”

He asked abruptly, which bemused Rita for a second. But she soon realized he was asking her about the necklace.

Puzzled, she glared at him with a frown. He even wanted her to prove that. Hadn’t he known that she was the one who left the necklace under his pillow?

“Rita, you said it’s your necklace. Prove it!”

Maybe she was distracted for a long time, so he said in an icy-cold voice.

“On the necklace, there are “R” and “L” with a heart in between.”

Saying this, Rita took up the frame with her photograph in it on the nightstand. Then she pulled a piece of yellowing old paper and threw it at his face, “That’s the sketch and concept of the necklace designed by me.”

He unfolded the paper. When he saw “’R, Heart, L’ refers to ‘Rita loves Liam’”, his hands were shaking, “You are also the one who had been taking care of me in the hospital, right?”

“I’ve demonstrated that the necklace is mine, so get out now!” Ignoring his question, Rita hobbled over to her bed, “I get tired and I need to take a break.”

But her arms were grabbed by him very soon.

Before she knew it, she was forced to turn around and look into his eyes, “Was that you who accompanied me?”

Being anxious to find the answer, he was no longer calm and unemotional as usual.

It was the first time that Rita had ever seen he being flustered. She felt a bit surprised.

What was wrong with him?

He really did not know she was taking care of him?

“Rita, answer me, was that you?” She felt the pain when there was a sudden and firm pull on her shoulders.

She pushed him away and gave him slight smile, “It‘s not important’.”

It was all settled now, so it did not matter whether she was the one who had been taking care of him.

Such cold words pained Liam.

How could she say it was not important? How could it possibly be unimportant?

It was very important to him!

For Liam, it was extremely important to figure out who had accompanied him in the hospital.

In his mind, that girl was even more important than himself.

He took a step toward her, trying to grab the woman which avoided talking about the past. But the door was opened.

“Liam, it sounded like someone fell to the ground, who was it? Is everything all right here?”

Nora sounded very worried. But Liam stayed where he was motionless.

Nora looked at them and sensed the tension. She walked to him curiously and then tugged at his sleeve, “Liam, did you have the quarrel again?”

He didn’t answer, so she thought she was right.

She flicked a mocking glance to Rita who was obviously annoyed.

In Nora’s mind, Rita might have got wiser. But it seemed that she was as dumb as she used to be. She would have a big fight with Liam whenever there was something about Joey.

Well, what a dummy, Nora thought.

She fell into Nora’s trap directly.

Nora sneered at Rita inwardly and pretended to mediate between Rita and Liam, “Liam, you should make some concession to your wife. That’s what makes for a happy marriage. You …”

Nora spoke for a while, making Liam more vexed.

“Did anyone say come in?”

Nora was also a bit annoyed by his words, “Liam, I worry about you and Rita, so I….”

“Get out!”

He did not let her finish her sentence. Apparently, he felt annoyed being disturbed.

Nora found he was annoyed and then she was close to tears.

Did Liam blame her for her remark?

She bit her lower lip, with her eyes filling with tears, “Liam?”

Rita was staring at Nora impassively.

It was said that women were most adorable when their eyes filled with tears, like Nora.

Rita thought, men would never upset such lovable woman like her, including Liam.

After all, Liam had married to Nora last time.

He probably liked the woman who was tender, delicate and sensible as Nora, no matter why he got married with her eventually.

Well, it was fine.

“GET OUT!”

Liam suddenly spoke in his low and cold voice while she was recalling.

Rita was surprised and looked at him immediately.

Liam did not comfort Nora as Rita expected. Rita found he was furious with only coldness in his eyes.

She frowned slightly with puzzle.

Why didn’t he care about Nora as he used to?

What was wrong?

“I’m sorry.” Nora ran out of the room with her pale face, and her eyes were misted by tears.

The door was closed again.

There were only Rita and Liam in the room, being silent.

After a long time, Liam no longer frowned. He looked at Rita’s beautiful face and said firmly, “It’s important to me whether you are the girl who had been looking after me.”

His deep voice made her heart thump, which jolted her.

But then she sneered, “Well, anyway, it has nothing to do with me.”

Liam felt dejected by her words.

He wanted to say something, but he got nothing eventually. Then he took up the necklace from the trash can. From NôvelDrama.Org.

He dusted the necklace with his fingers and then gazed at it, which made him soften.

“I’ll figure it out by myself whether you are or not.”

It was important because it was about whether he made a mistake on finding his lover.

He only wanted to cherish the girl who kept waiting for him to come around by his side, day and night.

Liam went out with the necklace with firm and steady steps.

Rita looked out the window, with tears in her eyes.

What could he do even if he knew the truth?

All had been settled.

She took a deep breath and then laid back on the bed. A tear rolled down her face when she closed her eyes tiredly.

Nora was waiting for Liam in the living room downstairs.

When she heard someone approaching, she wiped out the tears right away and stood up from the couch.

Then she turned around and looked at Liam, smiling, “Liam, it’s time to go to the cemetery.”

“OK.” Liam paused for a second, with his eyes glinting with coldness.

“Let’s go then.” Nora felt less upset when Liam agreed to visit the cemetery.

She stretched her hand to hold his arm, but he walked by and went out directly.

Although he was distant, Nora did not take it personally.

She thought he was angered by Rita, and she moved along behind him quickly.

After he got in the car, Liam dialed Jacob’s number.

“Liam, you bastard! How could you leave me alone to clean up all the mess and just walk away?”

Smoking a cigarette, he ignored Jacob’s complaint and said in coldness, “Find out all my doctor and nurse when I was in the hospital after the accident.”

“No, not just them. Go ask the whole staff of the floor. Some of them must have seen her walking in and out of my room.”

“Find them and show them the picture of Rita and Joey. I need to know who had been looking after me back then.”

Jacob said with a puzzled frown, “But hadn’t the nurse said it was Joey?”

“I need you to confirm one more time.” Liam spoke in a louder voice with a frown.

Seeing that Liam got angry, Jacob did not dare to ask other questions, and he promised to do at once.

After Liam hung up the phone, he took out the necklace again and drew heavily on his cigarette.

It was smoky inside the car very soon.

When they arrived at the house of the Nash family, Nora got off another car and opened the car door for Liam. But she could not hold back her tears after she was choked by the dense smoke. Coughing, she said to Liam, “Liam, wait a second please. I’ll ask my parents to come with us and we may set off then.”

“No rush. I need to ask them something.”

Liam put out his cigarette and got off the car impassively.

Nora felt anxious when he walked into the house. She closed the car door and lengthened her stride to keep up with him quickly.

“Hello, Liam. We will get ready very soon and then come to the cemetery with you.” Yolanda greeted Liam warmly when he came in.

“Take your time. I’ve got some questions to ask you.”

Yolanda was surprised at his serious attitude and then smiled instantly, “What questions?”

“At that time, was Joey the one who had been nursing me?” Liam glared at Yolanda sharply, seeing that the smile froze on her lips.

Liam frowned, “What’s wrong? Was she?”

“Yeah, right. She certainly was.” Yolanda found he was doubting and explained right away, “While looking after you, Joey even passed out because of the hypoglycemia that night.”

“Right, she had been taking care of you for almost half a month.” Daryal echoed her words soon.

They got excited about describing the situation to him when Liam’ phone rang.

It was Jacob. Liam looked at his screen and answered the phone, “How’s it going?”

“Your nurse and doctor said it was Joey.”

“Well, what about others?”

“Some people said it was Rita. And a doctor said she remembered clearly it was Rita because she gave Rita a shot when Rita passed out due to the hypoglycemia.”

Hearing this, Liam’s eyes grew icy-cold.

“I see.” He replied and hung up the phone. He stared at the Nash family again, “Are you really sure it was Joey?”

“Sure, absolutely!”

“Right!”

Hearing this, Liam was infuriated, “But I found that Rita was the one who kept accompanying me. Well, explain this to me, OK?”

His words unnerved the Nash family, who became anxious then.