Sweet Divorce

Chapter 221 Has the World Gone Mad

Liam carried Rita into the bathroom.

Seeing that Liam was about to unbutton her shirt, Rita got nervous and said hurriedly, “Don’t... I can just rinse my feet myself.”

Showering was really unnecessary.

What’s more, was Liam going to help her himself?

It was... It was a bit too much...

Rita then took off her shoes and immediately grabbed the shower head to cover her blushed face.

Liam let out a light smile and pinched Rita’s chin, “Are you being shy?”

Being forced to meet Liam’s indifferent face, Rita gathered her cool, “I’m certainly not. There isn’t a part of me that you haven’t seen before... What’s left to be shy about? There really isn’t the need to have a full shower since it’s just my ankle that is dirty. Well, you must be busy. You can just go deal with your own stuff. I will hose my feet myself.”

Liam then let go of her chin in a few seconds, “Sure.”

Rita immediately fell against the wall the minute after Liam left.

She was just toughening it out after what a roller-coaster experience she had before, but she would still have that throbbing fear just thinking about that horrible image.

But what she can’t shake off her mind was the sentences that Liam said.

She was really moved and felt sorry for him.

At the same time, Liam was sitting on the sofa cold-facedly.

There was an increasing note of oppressiveness coming from his eyes which was without a doubt intimidating.

Jacob and the man standing next to him were all tensed up and dared not to move a muscle.

They were perfectly aware that Liam was mad about what happened just now.

Jacob glanced at Liam secretly with the corner of his eyes.

His back started sweating profusely when he noticed Liam’s darkened face.

His whole mind had frozen because of the extreme pressure and didn’t really know how to savage the situation.

Liam then suddenly spoke, “One hundred canings.”

Jacob froze a bit because of Liam’s words, but he soon nodded, “Yes.”

Hearing that Jacob responded, the face of the boy standing next to him changed.

Though the boy looked lean, he was really agile and skilled.

He was actually Jonathan Bates, a prominent shady staff in the Wilson family.

He spearheaded a lot of shady things for the Wilson family.

He was groomed to be a shady staff from a young age and surly knew what Liam meant by one hundred canings, that is, Jacob would be thrashed one hundred times by a rod of 10-centimer in diameter.

An ordinary person would probably be half-dead after ten canings. Though Jacob was pretty agile and tough, he won’t be able to survive one hundred canings.

He and Jacob were like brothers, so he definitely won’t let Jacob endure this punishment.

Jonathan then hurriedly dropped to his knees and begged, “Liam, I’m willing to shoulder half of Jacob’s canings.”

“Cut the nonsense.” Jacob frowned and wanted to lift Jonathan up, “Liam, don’t listen to him. I’ll serve my punishment myself.”

While Jonathan and Jacob were quarreling, a slender figure walked in.

“What is going on?”

Jonathan’s face brightened hearing this clear female sound.

Finally, Jacob will be saved!

He turned around gleefully and saw the aloof Emma dressed in a simple dress.

An aura of coldness and fierceness was naturally radiating from her.

Her strong and aggressive vibe was nothing like that her cute name would suggest.

Emma was like thorny rose that would prick anyone who would dare to approach her to bleed.

She was both smoking-hot and intimidating.

Jonathan immediately hugged Emma and said sweetly, “Emma, Liam is going to punish Jacob with one hundred canings for that woman! You have to discourage him.”

Emma and Jonathan were like brothers and sisters inside the shady staffs.

Jonathan was indifferent to everyone but Emma.

Emma knew clearly which woman Jonathan was talking about.

Though she was performing tasks abroad these days, she knew what happened to the Wilsons recently.

It was said that Rita had changed into a different person.

Not only hadn’t she caused any troubles, but she also got a divorce with Liam.

She actually started viewing her with a new light, but still, she despised Rita from the bottom of her heart.

She had always thought that Rita was not good enough for Liam, so for her, Rita’s divorce with Liam was definitely a good thing.

But to her surprise, it was rumored that Liam was wooing Rita crazily after the divorce and really dozed on her.

But rumors were just rumors. She won’t believe it.

She then landed her eyes on the striking man sitting on the couch, “Liam, could you spare Jacob this time for my sake?”

Emma was Liam’s one of the most capable helpers and held a special spot in his heart.

Liam would usually take her opinion into consideration as long as she said something before.

But today...

“No.”

Emma froze.

The atmosphere in the living room was suddenly awkward.

Seeing that Emma was on the spot, Jacob immediately said, “Thank you, Miss Ellis, but it’s really unnecessary. I failed my work and ought to be punished.”

Then Jacob turned around and left.

Jonathan was really worried.

He wanted to beg Liam again for Jacob, but was stopped by Emma.

“Nobody can alter Liam’s decisions.”

“But...”

Jonathan’s lips trembled and shut up, because he knew that Emma was right.

Nobody in the whole world can sway Liam’s decision.

The dead silence and dreariness ensued in the living room because of Jacob’s punishment.

The sound of Rita’s steps was especially loud amid the silence.

Liam looked up hearing Rita’s steps.

His eyes immediately softened, “Come over.”

“Yeah.”

Rita nodded and directly sat on Liam’s lap without even looking at Emma and Jonathan.

She then just fell to Liam’s chest comfortably.

Jonathan was livid with anger by Rita’s behavior.

He muttered furiously, “What a slut!”

Jacob was about to be caned one hundred times because of this woman!

What’s more, this woman stole Emma’s position of Mrs. Wilson.

Thinking of this, Jonathan was even more distressed.

Though Jonathan’s voice was low, Rita heard his words clearly.

She was loathed by Jonathan in her previous lifetime.

This lifetime...

Jonathan hated her even more because of Emma.

Well then, since he called her a slut, she would just satisfy him.

Rita wrapped Liam’s neck affectionately and blinked her eyes, “I’m hungry.”

“What do you want to eat?”

“I want to wat the rice paste with brown sugar that we would always eat before in the South City.”

“Okay, I’ll take you there.”

Then Liam was about to stand up, but was stopped by Rita. She then turned to Jonathan, “I don’t feel like going out. I want him to buy it for me.”

Jonathan’s face immediately darkened.

Was he just treated like a servant?

Has the world gone mad?

Jonathan was about to explode at this point.

But Emma comforted him. “Don’t be mad. Liam hasn’t said anything. Liam won’t spoil her this much.”

After all, Jonathan was a meritorious member of shady staffs in the Wilson family. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Liam wouldn’t waste his talent on such a petty work just to please Rota.

She believed that Liam would do the sensible thing.

But at the drop of Emma’s sound, Liam spoke, “Okay.”

Okay?

Emma and Jonathan were both taken aback.