Bye, My Irresistible Love

George’s POV: 

After dinner, I video called Helen. She was leaning against the head of the bed. Truly, she looked elegant with her wet hair dripping in the soft, warm light.

 The cockles of my heart seemed to warm up as I looked at her. 

“What are you doing?” I asked casually. I knew that if I didn’t take the initiative to contact her, then she wouldn’t have contacted me. 

“I just took a shower and I am getting ready for bed,” Helen replied while drying her tresses with a towel. Her movements were unrushed and I could see that the pajamas she was wearing were rather conservative. However, my attention was drawn to the diamond-like droplets of water gently falling off the tips of her hair against her delicate and beautiful collarbone. Images of me hugging and kissing her passionately flashed through my mind. “Oh!” I replied in a low, hoarse voice.

 I secretly admired her without saying anything. Neither of us spoke again for a while. Helen kept drying her hair and then suddenly asked, “When will you be coming back to New York?” 

“In a few days.”

 I had promised to accompany my grandpa to have a physical examination and to meet several of my friends. A technology exhibition was scheduled to take place in Washington in a few days’ time and Jane and I were invited to participate in it.

 Therefore, I would still be around for at least a week.

 “I’ll also have to go back to work by then.”

 “I guess.” 

My main schedule was to accompany my grandpa to meet a whole lot of people with

day, out of the blue, my mother asked me accompany her to a lunch party. It wasn’t too much of a big deal for me so I agreed. Before I returned, I had been mentally

in, I noticed a young woman, roughly my age, sitting at the table. It didn’t take me long to realize that my mother had arranged a blind date for

after a few introductory words, my mother left with her mother on the pretext of

 I frowned inwardly and glanced at her indifferently. The woman looked

catch my name just now. I am Josie Burke. I’m so

again?” I couldn’t for the life

school. But then, when my father was

I genuinely had no memory of it. Her surname was somewhat familiar though. It reminded me of someone who had worked for my grandpa

on.” Josie still smiled, as if she was not angry with my indifference. She seemed pretty

daughter-in-law material for her. She met all my mother’s expectations. After all, for my mother, it was a marriage between families of equal social and economic status. Therefore, there was no need for Josie to fawn

completely ignoring Josie. Seriously, I behaved as if

had to be grateful that I didn’t say anything rude to Josie in a moment of irritation. I couldn’t pretend to be interested while I was really not. I was even losing my smile, my politeness and my patience. At first, she tried to find some random topics to talk

our conversation was far from pleasant. Finally, the smile at the corners of her mouth faded. Josie glared at me and questioned me

put down my knife and fork roughly and showed her my stubborn attitude. Shock and

my head and explained patiently, “No, that’s not what I mean. I just didn’t expect to go on a blind date. It has nothing to do with who