Bye, My Irresistible Love

Scarlett‘s POV:

When I came out of the bathroom, I found Tracy staring at her smartphone, eyes wide as saucers. Out of curiosity, I asked, “What are you looking at?” 

Tracy looked at me; her face had turned pale. “Janet told me to tell you that she and Richard dug up Rita‘s grave at midnight yesterday and found that Rita‘s coffin was empty,” 

My heart skipped a beat.

‘How is it empty? Is that damned murderer, Rita, still alive?‘ I exclaimed inwardly. 

With a blank stare, I looked at Tracy. “So, you‘ve been communicating with Janet behind my back, huh?” 

“Yes. And I‘m sorry about that, Scarlett. I forgot to tell you.” Tracy put her phone away, lowering her gaze. I could tell she must be feeling guilty. 

Just then, her phone rang. It sounded particularly ominous amidst our silence. 

Tracy looked at me, too afraid to glance at her phone. 

“Just go ahead and read it,” I said calmly. 

She then took out her phone from her pocket and read the contents of the message. The following second, her eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Upon seeing her reaction, I asked, “What‘s wrong?” 

With trembling lips, she said, “Scarlett, Janet told me that someone sent a message to Charles, saying that James is still alive.”

My heart skipped a beat and my ears began to buzz. Right now, all I could think of was that James was still alive.

echoed throughout my mind repeatedly. “Show it to

longer. But at the back of my mind, I thought that what Janet said was merely a beautiful bubble, and it would soon be broken the second

I need to make a phone call. Do you mind going out first?” Once Tracy had left, I closed the door and immediately called Janet. “Janet, I heard from Tracy that someone sent Charles a message, saying that James is still alive. Is this true?” “It is,” she replied. Upon hearing her confirm the news, I could no longer bottle

Moore has a plan already,”

“What‘s his plan?”

grudge against you. And I believe we’ll be hearing good news soon. Scarlett, I‘m gonna need you to

hear any news.” I nodded repeatedly as tears of joy

way... you need to be wary of William. It‘s very likely that Rita is still alive,”

the phone call. My heart was beating faster and faster by the second as

I was looking back at it, I never fully confirmed if the child was actually James or not. ‘Maybe it wasn‘t James!‘ When that thought

that child was innocent, I was

but this news was like a miracle; injecting new vitality into my lifeless world. Suddenly, I heard a gentle knock on the door. William opened

“What‘s up?” I asked.

Let‘s go downstairs and eat,”

ever. But now, seeing it was

us that we didn‘t fully trust each other. And now that I had heard that Rita was likely to be alive, I was even more certain

seem to be thinking about something.” William waved his hand in front

room when I felt like I

I told him, “William, I just heard something funny.” “Oh, really? Tell me!” William replied, visibly amused. “Someone told me that Rita is still alive,” I responded.

William‘s POV: 

was still alive, I

saying anything? I want to hear your explanation,” Scarlett asked after a few moments of silence.

composure. “Tracy should‘ve told you already that I asked someone to take out the heart that originally belonged