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."

over his face. He looked as though he was on

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

not control

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? Sad to say, but if you really have slept with William, then that's all the more reason why you can't leave

feeling emerged 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

the corners of my

if you want our children to be unhappy. But I have to remind you. Even if you get

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

out of your

because of what I had said, he put on

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

being aggressive in spitting what he thought were facts. How could

when he had just died miserably in front of you? Or perhaps, should I tell him that you never loved me and that you cared more about the person who tried

"Scarlett!"

Then, with his one hand, he held my hands above my head and pinched my chin with the other, rendering me unable

had no way of escaping. Killing her was easy, but what was the point of that? Her death wouldn't bring James back to us. And at that very moment, you were in my arms, dying. I wanted to

voice was choked with sobs. He then eventually released his grip on my

didn't love my son? Haven't you seen

my face, I lay on the

woman who had almost killed my son. Of course, I could not pretend that that did not

our relationship go to waste just because

his plea and murmured, "Let

did not care about who was right and who was wrong anymore. All I wanted right now was to get

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

him and said, "Then

Unfortunately, it seemed that

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

went blank all

ahead. But from then on, I'm afraid that they won't believe in love anymore. Do you want them to end up alone and

"You... You're impossible!"

only ones I could never let go of. How could I bear to make them

If being good means that I'll have to let you

off your high horse. You're just

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

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