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.

sentence echoed throughout my mind repeatedly.

and read Janet‘s message over and over. ‘My little angel is still alive!‘ Joy overwhelmed my heart, and I was unable to restrain my emotions any 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 touch it.

my chest was heaving up and down. “Tracy, 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

has a plan already,”

“What‘s his plan?”

be

Call me as soon as you hear any news.”

wary of William. It‘s very likely that Rita is still alive,”

ended the phone call. My heart was beating faster and faster by the second as though it would leap from

last, I had the courage to recall the day that James was killed. And now that 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 crossed my mind, I felt much better.

I was glad that my baby was still

to think that I‘d be depressed for the rest of my life, but this news was like a miracle; injecting new vitality into my lifeless world. Suddenly, I heard a gentle knock on

“What‘s up?” I asked.

Let‘s go downstairs and eat,” he

smile was as gentle as ever. But now, seeing it

me this past year because I was injured and later found pregnant, it was clear to both of us that we didn‘t fully trust each other. And now that I had heard that Rita was likely to

okay? You seem to be thinking about something.” William waved his hand in

only taken a few steps outside the room when I felt like I needed to make things clear to him. Somehow, I wanted to believe that

me!” William replied, visibly amused. “Someone told me that

William‘s POV: 

was still alive, I was stupefied.

aren‘t you saying anything? I want to hear your explanation,” Scarlett

that I asked someone to take out the heart that originally belonged to my sister from Rita‘s body. She can‘t still be alive after that,