Sweet Divorce

Chapter 42 Insincere Smile

'Targeting Charlotte?' She wasn't. All she did was get back what was hers!

Charlotte had taken everything from her!

But Rita couldn't explain it to him, and she wasn't in the mood to explain it to him now.

Anyway, she was already a bad woman in his eyes. It didn't matter to add another charge.

In this life, his opinion of her didn't matter to her.

Rita calmed down and put on a smile. "I'm targeting her? No, I'm not."

Her eyes were like a crescent moon, so beautiful he couldn't take his eyes off her.

But the smile wasn't sincere. She wasn't opening up to him.

It bothered him..He gripped her chin harder and demanded, "I want the truth!"

Rita grimaced from the pain.

She pushed away his hand, squinting.. "I'm telling the truth."

As soon as she finished speaking, she sensed his chilly stare. The tension in the air was terrifying.

"The bed is ready for you. Have a good rest." With that, Rita made her way towards the door.

"What are you ...?" he asked.

She turned her head to Liam. "I'm going to talk to my mother. I'll let you know when the meal is ready."

Rita opened the door only to find Mason was eavesdropping.

He grinned awkwardly and explained, "Rita, your grandma asked me to bring you this fruit platter."

He hurriedly handed it to her. "The grapes are sweet. Have a taste."

Rita smiled at him. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. Ask Liam to have a taste too." After giving the fruit platter to her, Mason did not seem to leave.

Instead, he stood at the door and look straight at her.

In Mason's presence, Rita couldn't be distant to Liam. That would cause Mason's suspicion.

"Honey, do you want to eat some fruit?" She turned around and walked towards Liam with a smile.

Her gentleness was in sharp contrast to her former aloofness. It confused him.

"Not interested,” he said.

Rita was dumbstruck. Where Mason couldn't see, her mouth twitched from anger.

'This man is intentionally embarrassing me!'

Mason said he was there to deliver the fruit platter, but she knew it was not so simple.

Liam only married Rita because his grandpa made him.

Their marital life wasn't happy. She always only showed her strengths to people and had never mentioned anything about her bad relationship with Liam to her family. What she didn’t know was, they had heard about it from someone else..

The last time she spoke to her family on the phone, they had been surprised to know that she and Liam had gotten along. Today he had even come to visit her family. It was sensational.

Everyone in the Brown family was astonished. Their relationship was so weird that some people had begun to suspect it. It was only natural that someone was trying to pry about it.

As Rita had thought, Mason was observing Liam's reaction without blinking.

In order not to show any flaws in the act, she had to pretend that they were an affectionate couple.

"Honey, eat some fruit. It's sweet." Rita put the fruit platter in front of Liam.

Seeing his long face, she smiled and quietly reminded him, "Don't forget that we are helping each other. If you don't play along, when your grandpa ..."

She paused and said no more. But she believed that Liam understood what she meant.

He sneered, "Are you threatening me?"

He must have been too nice to her lately that she had forgotten herself. They stared at each other, but Rita was no longer afraid of him. She raised her eyebrows and gave a bigger smile.

"Sort of, so ... think carefully before you answer me."

"Unless you feed me,” he suddenly said.

Rita gaped. "No!"

Sure enough, she refused. It was no surprise to him at all.

'Is it because of Oliver again?'

His eyes grew gloomy. "Are you sure about that?"

"I am!"

"Rita, don't forget that someone is watching us right now," Liam whispered to her.

Only then did Rita remember Mason was still there. She became hesitant.

'It’s just a grape. No big deal. Well, it means nothing.'

She took a deep breath, picked up a grape, and put it to Liam's lips.

Intentionally she raised her voice for Mason to hear. "Honey, open up."

"So, you caved in?" Liam asked. There was a hint of mockery in his voice.

Rita squeezed the grape so hard she almost crushed it. He was absolutely doing it on purpose. He just enjoyed making fun of her.

Rita pressed her lips and withdrew her hand. Unexpectedly, Liam ate the grape from her hand.

His sudden cooperation was beyond her understanding. Mason didn't expect it either.

Seeing they were so sweet together, he was disappointed. 'Have Liam and Rita really made up?'

Rita looked at the preoccupied Mason and deliberately asked Liam, "Baby, do you like it?"

"Not bad," he nodded.

Although his face betrayed no emotions, to Rita, he was cooperative enough..

She took another grape and said, "Here, one more."

They were so sickly intimate together Mason couldn’t watch anymore. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

He tiptoed to the door and left.

***

Around a corner, seeing Mason out of the room, Charlotte walked up to him quickly and took him to her room on the third floor.

"Dad, did you find anything suspicious about them?" she asked, full of expectations.

"No. They got along very well." Mason shook his head.

"It's impossible. How can it be?" Charlotte frowned in disbelief.

Just few days ago when she went to the Wilson's, Liam had been very indifferent to Rita. His hate for her was obvious. How come they got along so well in just a few days? Something was off.

Charlotte wouldn't give up and asked again, "Dad, what did you see? Tell me everything."

Mason told her everything he saw and heard just now.

Thinking of how intimate Liam and Rita were, Mason felt ashamed to watch. "Charlotte, I think they may be really together."

"No way!" Charlotte snapped.

Her tone was dripping with jealousy, her face hideous. She was now so different from the sweet girl she had pretended to be even Mason was startled.

Realizing her gaffe, Charlotte collected herself and put on her gentle facade again.

"Dad, keep an eye on them. No matter how small it is, don't miss anything. And tell me right away when you find something unusual."

She didn't believe Liam really cared about Rita. Something didn't add up.

Sooner or later, she would find out what it was. Then she would uncover the truth of the relationship between Rita and Liam!