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."

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

Do you really think we can get back together as long as you keep me by your side? Charles, I don't know if you're too naive or just stupid. Can't you see that I'm trying to make a clean break with you?

not control my

slowly loosened his grip on 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?

say? Do you really believe that we can just live together and

at the

But I have to remind you. Even if you get

words hit me like a hammer. Ever so slowly, my heart sank into the

out of your

of what I had said, he put on a

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

thought were facts. How could I

miserably in front of you? Or perhaps, should I tell him that you never loved me and that you cared

"Scarlett!"

his body. Then, with his one hand, he

what was the point of that? Her death wouldn't bring James back to us.

was choked with sobs. He then eventually released his

son? Haven't you seen how much I loved him

down my face, I lay on the bed in

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

our relationship go

his plea and

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

that you won't leave my

I turned to look at him and said, "Then I will die in front of

that

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 in marriage and

blank all of

they won't believe in love anymore. Do you want them to end up alone and lonely? I don't

"You... You're impossible!"

only ones I could never let go

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

horse.

right. I'm manipulating you to do the right thing for our children. You can't escape from me,

Charles's face, hoping to see even a trace of pity. However, the only thing I