Bye, My Irresistible Love

Scarlett's POV:

I lay weakly in Charles's arms, barely breathing and surrounded by despair.

He gently laid me on the bed and held my hand.

"I'll arrange another physical therapy session for you later. Take a rest first."

For a moment, I felt like my heart was being pierced by a knife. I used to love the man in front of me with all my heart. But now, all I wanted was to get away from him as far as I could.

"I slept with William," I said out of nowhere.

It was a lie. After years of entanglement with Charles, I knew very well how to break his heart.

To my surprise, he did not go hysterical. Rather, he just calmly stared at me with his deep, emotionless eyes

"Didn't you hear what I said? I had sex with William!" I repeated with more conviction

When I spoke, my chin was raised, and I looked at him with defiance.

"Scarlett, don't lie to me," Charles warned through gritted teeth.

We were staring into each other's eyes when, suddenly, a sharp pain shot across my arm. He had tightened his grip on my wrist, and I froze because of the pain.

"There's no point in hiding the truth anymore. The kids may be yours, but I indeed slept with William."

I endured the pain and continued to rub salt into his wound.

"Why do you have to do this?" Charles asked coldly.

"Do you want to hear more about it?" I looked into his eyes with a smirk and made a story up. "It was raining heavily that night. I went to his room—"

"Enough!" Charles roared. His veins stood out on his forehead, and he clenched my shoulder tightly in rage.

"I loathed you to the core. Just so you know, I slept with William because that was the fastest and the most direct way to take revenge on you."

My mouth automatically uttered those words to spite him. I could not even feel pain in my shoulder at all.

"Do you hate me that much? To think, you're even willing to use your body as a tool for revenge. I don't believe you."

otherwise. Pain and disappointment were written all over his face. He looked as though he was on the verge of

keep me by your side? Charles, I don't know if you're too naive or just stupid. Can't

could not control my

shoulder and stood up. I thought that he had given up. Boy, was I wrong. "Do you think I will believe you just because you say so? Sad to say, but if you really have slept with William, then that's all the more reason

in the pit of my stomach. "What did you just say? Do you really believe that we can just live together and pretend to be a happy couple

tugged at the

you want. It's up to you if you want our children to be unhappy. But I have to remind you. Even if you get discharged, you can't escape from my watch. Do you really think

Ever so slowly,

you're out of your

angry because of what I had said, he put

they find out that their parents' marriage, as they know it, is just a show?" Why don't you explain to them by then that you cheated on me

in spitting what he thought were facts. How

indifferent when he had just died miserably in front of you? Or perhaps, should I tell him that you never loved me and

"Scarlett!"

with his body. Then, with his one hand, he held my hands above my head and pinched my chin with the other,

that? Her death wouldn't bring James back to us. And at that very moment, you were in my arms, dying. I wanted to save you. I had lost James. I couldn't lose you

then eventually released his

you seen how much I loved him since

face, I lay on the bed in despair,

he loved James. But the thing was, he was entangled with the woman who had almost killed my son. Of course, I could not pretend that

let our relationship go to waste just because of

ear to his plea and

not care about who was right and who was wrong anymore. All I wanted

also make sure that you won't leave my side," Charles said in a matter-of-fact tone,

sneer, I turned to look at him and said, "Then I will

line. Unfortunately, it seemed that death was the only way

in front of me? Huh! Don't you want to watch our kids grow up? And when they do, do you want them to know that their mother had a mental breakdown because of a problem

mind went blank all

that they won't believe in love

"You... You're impossible!"

Achilles' heel. My children were the only ones I could never let go of.

lives. If being good means that I'll have to let you leave and let our children grow up in a broken

your high horse. You're just

do the right thing for our children. You can't escape from

at Charles's face, hoping to see even a trace of pity. However, the only thing I saw was his cold-heartedness