Bye, My Irresistible Love

Chapter 256

Scarlett's POV:

 

I yawned.

 

"It's late now. Why don't you take a shower and go to bed?" A shadow of a smile appeared on Charles's handsome face, his eyes turning sharp.

 

"Okay. Goodbye now." I beamed and poked his face on the screen. "All right then. Let's hang up the video call."

 

But Charles remained on the line.

 

I raised my eyebrows at him. "What? Do you want to watch me take a shower?"

 

"That's an incredibly tempting offer."

 

"Oh, you wish!" I glared at him and, from his background, found that he was still out and about. "Go back to work."

 

"Don't stay up late, okay? Good night." After saying that, Charles's face gradually enlarged on the screen, and then the screen went dark. He planted a kiss on the camera, and I could not help grinning.

 

"Good night."

 

After hanging up our video call, I picked up my clothes and went to the bathroom. Then, my phone beeped. It was a message from Charles.

 

"I miss you so much," his text read.

 

I slept soundly the entire night.

 

Charles insisted that Richard accompanied me to my business trip to France. He told me that he was worried about my safety, and I did not want to fight him about it, so I just agreed.

 

"Scarlett, do you want to have meals with your colleagues or have a table of your own?" Tracy asked.

 

while and smiled. "I want to eat with my colleagues. But I think I'm going to attract

 

frowned. "But what about me? I want to accompany you,

 

your own, someplace near ours. That way, you can still keep an eye on me. Besides, Tracy likes one of my colleagues. I would like to introduce them." I turned around to look at Tracy who flashed me a confused look. I took her hand and pulled

 

"Scarlett, I don't remember liking one of your colleagues. Care to fill

 

with it. I'll explain later." I

 

wanted Tracy to accompany me because I had noticed some subtle tension between Janet

 

Charles's POV:

 

morning text. I let it fill my heart with

 

me like they were witnessing a miracle. I did not care. All I knew was that

 

entered my office. "Sir, Rita has been waiting for you downstairs. She wants

 

heard Rita's name, the happy smile on my face died. "Tell her to go home. I'm

 

nodded and

 

in front of the big French windows in my office, picked up my phone, and called Roy.

 

cleared his throat. "I've found a

the Lively Group for Lily's people. They're taking action. It won't be long before the Lively Group

 

things up. I want this problem taken care

 

"Yes, sir."

 

to get off work, I left the company building and climbed into my car. It had been a

 

to a halt in the

 

eyes and frowned. My driver looked at me through the rearview mirror. He appeared as startled as I was. "I'm so sorry,

 

looked out and saw a car in front of us,

 

rapped on my

 

ignored her and looked at my driver. "Ram

 

audibly. "But, sir, it's in the middle of the road. Innocent people might

 

have her car towed away. Right

 

still knocking

 

sighed, rolled my window down, and met her eyes with

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