Scarlett's POV:
"Charles, do you even know what you're talking about?"
I looked down to avert my gaze from his passionate eyes.
Charles pinched my chin, forcing me to look into his eyes.
"Scarlett, I swear on my family's name. If there's anyone in this world who could make me willingly hand over my life, it's just you."
"Without hesitations?" I asked.
"Certainly."
Charles picked up the pen on the floor and handed it to me.
Then, he placed his arms around my waist, leaning closer towards me.
"You can try."
His voice was like music to my ears, and it was bewitching.
I furrowed my brows and raised the pen high on purpose, pretending as though I was going to jab his arteries with the pen.
In response, Charles closed his eyes leisurely.
When it came to relationships, he was a bold risk taker who didn't care that much about his own life.
But even so, Charles had won the bed.
I had lost against him, but that didn't necessarily made me feel bad.
It was then that I threw the pen away, gently cupping Charles' cheeks with both hands before I planted a kiss on his forehead.
"Scarlett, you believe me, don't you?"
wide-eyed gaze displayed
response to his
a man's promise that he would willingly lay down his life for
pen into Charles' artery, he would've been
to me that I hugged him with every bit
difficult to lay down your life," I told him, briefly pausing for suspense. "I'm gonna need you to do something even
is it?"
want you to keep living for
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whole day together. When night fell,
at Mint Bar, Charles went to look for
I went to Vivian's room
so glad to see you here,"
to come and see you," I
better than the last time I saw her. On
of the bottles. The one I had picked up was
Scarlett. You should take that one home and give it a try. It'll be fun. Trust me." Vivian giggled. "I'm sure you'll spend
looking at me made me blush. And as I held the medicine bottle in my hand, I felt a
putting the bottle down. They were all neatly arranged
to take this drug, I probably wouldn't be able to get a wink of sleep
laughter. "Is Charles that
restrains himself sometimes," I responded,
that Charles would go crazy on me whenever we had sex, sometimes because I would let him
and my feelings. However, that didn't mean he wouldn't complain like a child. And then, he'd use it as an excuse to ask me to make it up
I noticed that Vivian's shoulders were trembling as she spoke.
day.
I held her shoulders and said, "You don't have to thank me. Thank Spencer instead. He really
let all hell break loose. He must really care about
really care about me?" A
okay?" I
the whole day," she said, still wearing a
is he ignoring me when I'm by his side? Why did he have to be a hero
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