Sweet Divorce

Chapter 213 There were More Coming

“Miss Lowe, Rita is having a shower upstairs. Come in and have a cup of tea.”

“Thank you. Mrs. Brown.”

Annie nodded to Amelia politely and sat on the couch elegantly. But her hands were resting on her laps instead of reaching for the tea that was still hot.

Though Annie didn’t come from a rich and powerful family, she knew her manners.

While Amelia was taking a sip of tea, she was actually sizing up this sweet and well-mannered lady with the corner of her eyes.

After a while, she asked lightly, “Miss Lowe, you said that Rita saved you?”

“Yes.”

“I wonder what happened?”

Hearing Amelia’s question, she clutched at her hands and looked terrible.

Sensing Annie’s mood change, Amelia realized that something terrible must have happened that day, so she tried to change the subject to avoid rubbing salt into her wound.

“I heard that Miss Lowe has a great taste in tea. Just so it happens that someone sent me some tea several days ago. Can you help me to identify if it’s really a good batch as they have told me so?”

Actually, Annie knew that Amelia was trying to bringing up some bad memories in her.

Well, she didn’t want to mention it to.

She then cast Amelia a grateful glance, but she still didn’t pick up the tea. “Thank you for the compliment, Mrs. Brown. But you know rumors are just rumors, so it isn’t true.”

Annie was really not a person who liked to show off.

What’s more, the Brows can be somewhat counted as a rich family, surly Amelia can appreciate what was good and what’s not, so it might be smart to not say too much.

She might ruin the image of the person who sent the tea if she said something wrong.

She would never do things that might piss somebody.

Annie was now in her thirties, so she was quite tactful in her way of dealing with people and things.

Surly Amelia can tell what Annie was thinking about, so she just smiled and didn’t press further.

“Mom, look at this. The whole public voice is swaying!” Rose who was fetching refreshments from the kitchen suddenly shouted and raced to Amelia excitedly.

Then she opened a post named “The Background Checks and Analysis of some Critical People Involved in the Browns Mass Poisoning”

Amelia meant to scold Rose for her sudden screeching, but when she saw the headlines on the phone, she forced back her anger.

She then read the post carefully.

The post summarized the police’s statement up till now and ran a careful analysis of Ralph.

Though Ralph wasn’t working for any company. The person who wrote the post found out that he had a close contact with Michael, especially before and after days of the mass poisoning.

The writer even provided a profile of Michael as the president of P. Group.

“P. Group? What does it have to do with this accident?” Amelia was quite confused, just like many of the people who read the post.

But instead of explaining this, the writer just gave a detailed information of Michael’s family background.

Amelia’s eyes suddenly widened in shock when she saw the name and introduction of Michael’s father. “Michael is Eduard Davies’s son!”

Eduard was the founder of the Davies Group.”

The Davies was quite a blooming company sixteen years ago and had a great relationship with the Browns and the Burkes.

Back then, the Davies went bankruptcy overnight. Though it was reported that it collapsed due to a lack of founding and the poor management, the people in the industry knew perfectly well that the Browns and the Burkes schemed Davies together.

This was not a secret in the business circle of the senor people.

So when the write mentioned the Davies, she/he also simple introduced the past relationship pf the Davies and the Browns.

The writer didn’t throw any personal opinion throughout the whole post. She/he just listed the relationship of all the people involved in this accident, but the writer still managed to lead the public opinion to target Michael.

There were lots of comments about this post.

“Holy shit. I really don’t expect that a single mass poisoning accident can have two generations of grievances in it.”

“It looks like that Michael is seeking revenges.”

“The Browns might do some bad things before, but it didn’t justify Michael to kill all those innocent people. This is unforgivable.”

“Right, right. A pretty shitty move.”

“So this is a battle between two companies.”

Looking at this, Amelia can’t help smiling.

The Browns Group finally can get out the predicament.

Suppressing her inner excitement, she read the whole post again carefully. Though the whole post didn’t say anything good about the Browns explicitly, it was actually helping them.

Who wrote the post then?

Who can be this witty to sway the public opinion easily with some information about several people?

Whoever this was, she/he was surly talented.

“Find out who wrote this post and book an appointment for me. I have to thank him/her in person.”

“Yes.”

Rose answered smilingly and said lowly, “Mom, now the crisis is gone. I don’t have to send that bitch Rita...”

Amelia suddenly rolled her eyes at Rose before she can even finish her sentence, “I will rip your mouth if I hear you use that word again.”

“Um... I’m really sorry, mom.” Rose hurriedly said again, “Mom, now the crisis has been solved perfectly. Can we sit on the whole arrangement of sending Rita into the company?”

Rose just wouldn’t give up any opportunity of preventing Rita going into the company.

Rita can still help the Browns to prosper even if she was not in the company.

After all, she just needed to plead Liam sweetly.

But if Rita did end up managing the company, it would not be easy for Charlotte to get the company back which Rose feared greatly.

“Where are your manner? Don’t you see I have guest here? Stop droning next to me. Get out!” Amelia glared at Rose.

Annie who was sitting on the sofa just sipped the tea, pretending that she didn’t hear a thing.

But actually...

She heard the whole conversation.

She really didn’t expect the daughter of the Browns would have this treatment inside the house. That auntie obviously didn’t like her.

Though Amelia was defending Rita before, she didn’t clearly accept nor reject Rose’s proposal, so she was just window dressing.

‘It is really true that every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.’

“Miss Lowe?”

At this moment, Rota who was done with her shower walked downstairs.

She was quite surprised to see Annie here.

“Miss Brown.” Annie stood up and beamed.

Then she felt that Amelia was looking at them.

Though she didn’t like to create drama, Rita was different to her.

Rita was her lifesaver.

She would remember this for a lifetime.

So she naturally didn’t like any other people to bully her.

She can tell from the conversation before that this Mrs. Browns still didn’t know who actually saved the Browns. So today, she’s like to show who was the real talent that old Mrs. Browns just mentioned.

Thinking about this, Annie was suddenly on her four knees.

“What... what are you doing?” Amelia was taken aback by her sudden move.

Annie’s eyes were full of tears when she looked up again, “Mrs. Browns, you really have a marvelous granddaughter. She saved me from Ralph.”

“Rita?”

“Exactly.” Annie nodded and pretended to be surprised, “Didn’t Miss Brown tell you this? She saved me and collected the evidence that busted Connor and Ralph which lead to Connor’s confession.”

All people present were taken aback by this news.

So Rita actually saved the Browns?

Annie’s face didn’t even change a bit when she saw Amelia’s frightened face and actually felt quite assured.

Well, there were more coming!

####Chapter 214 I Have to Ask for the Credit

After glancing at Rose and Amelia, she landed her eyes on Rita. She then covered her mouth hurriedly like she had said something wrong. Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

She then bit her lower lips, “Miss Brown? Did I say something wrong? Why are they so shocked?”

Strings of tears even dropped when Annie was saying this.

Looking at Annie’s face, Rita twitched her mouth.

Um... what happened to this world?

How come the once brave and strong Annie was acting this way today?

Was this all an illusion?

Well, it must be.

Rita then opened and closed her eyes again unbelievably to shake off this false image.

But Annie was still knelling in tears.

Rita then had to accept the reality.

She immediately walked over and held Annie up, “It was just a small favor. You don’t have to do this.”

“It might be a small thing for you, but for me, it’s about my reputation.”

Rita then whispered to Annie awkwardly, “What are you doing here?”

“I’m helping you.”

“What?”

Rita started at Annie confusedly and didn’t know what she was talking about.

But Amelia noticed that Rita recognized that fact that she saved Annie form Ralph.

She right stood up, “Rita, is Miss Lowe saying the truth?”

“Well...”

“So you didn’t tell Mrs. Brown? Rita?”

Annie added before Rita can even say anything.

Annie’s words actually answered Amelia’s question for Rita.

She maybe was just a bit surprised before, but now, she was really in shock.

So Rita was actually the one who saved the Browns.

Amelia even more touched at this point.

She thought that Rita would never help the Browns.

Well, she really took it wrong.

Amelia then held Rita’s hands gleefully, “Rita? How come that you didn’t tell me this?”

Rita actually wasn’t used to Amelia being so gentle.

She also didn’t intend to let the Browns be aware of this.

She was just honoring her promise to her grandpa to protect the Browns.

But...

This might be the last time.

So she didn’t want to mention this.

But the whole thing just derailed from its original tract.

God knew what happened to Annie to let her pull this stunt.

Since the whole thing was out, Rita can only admit, “Grandma, I’m happy that the coast is clear now. I ought to help this family, so it’s not worth of mentioning.”

Amelia was even more moved when she heard Rita’s words.

Rita wasn’t even trying to show off what she did.

How modest was she!

She was so much better than those people who sent those teas.

Though she said that she would let Rita take over the company, she was still on her guard.

But after this, something had changed in her.

She really felt that it was time for her to let go of those prejudices and really give Rita a chance to prove herself. If she was really helping the Browns whole-heartedly, she might really let her manage the company in the end.

“My baby Rita, I really don’t know how to say this. You really can’t hide these sort of things from me in the future. I would be much happier if I know that it was my granddaughter who saved the whole family and I really felt like the someone can finally carry on the family torch!”

Amelia was even more fond of Rita now.

She was actually saying these words from the bottom of her heart.

Annie was really happy to see Amelia’s change. This was exactly what she wanted.

Someone just ought to be reminded.

But Rose really felt like crying at this point.

She was furious that the whole plan of preventing Rita entering the company failed again.

Forcing back her anger, Rose held Rita and smiled, “Well, Rita, how can you hide such a big thing from us? We still have to thank Liam even though you don’t care about this. He really deserves a treat after what he had done to our family.”

Hearing Rose’s words, a trace of coldness flied past Rita’s eyes.

Though Rose was pretending to praise her, she was actually give Liam all the credit of helping the Browns.

She was actually sinuating that she just relied on Liam to sort out the whole thing.

Rose really wanted to take advantage of every opportunity to belittle her.

She didn’t want to ask for credits, but now, she really needed to do this!

“Right, we should really invite him for dinner.” Amelia also nodded.

Rita was even more angry when she heard Amelia’s words.

She had to show them that she did the whole thing herself!

She was not the fool like she was before!

While Rose pulled Amelia’s away for refreshments, Rita looked down and logged on an app.

She also turned the volume of her phone up.

“Rita, you really wasted my performance.”

Annie looked at Rita anxiously while Rita was on her phone. “How come you are so lame in your house? How come you are not as fierce as you were in the hotel?”

Rita’s mouth twitched when she heard Annie’s comment. She then waved her phone, “Lame? No, NO. just sit back and relax.”

“That’s what I’m talking about!”

“Don’t stand around, Rita. Come and enjoy this tea with Miss Lowe.” Seeing that the pair was gossiping about something, Rose smiled to them.

Then she handed Amelia a cup of water, “Mom, have some of this. Charlotte bought this for you before.”

After belittling Rita, Rose tried to lift the image of Charlotte in Amelia’s heart.

Rita sneered when she noticed Rose’s behavior.

What a great move!

But at the very next second, her phone was suddenly bombarded with messages.

Amelia’s attention was naturally attracted by the noise, “What happened to your phone, Rita? Why is it buzzing constantly?”

“Well, it’s just...”

“Isn’t this the post on the internet!”

Annie suddenly screamed before Rita can say something. She then just grabbed Rita’s phone and read the messages, “Wow! Miss Brown, so you are the one who wrote the post that helped the Browns!”

While Amelia and Rise were still in bewilderment, Annie handed them the phone, “Mrs. Brown, Rita is the talent you are looking for!”