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 the

me. I can do more than that. 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

could not control my surging

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

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

tugged at the corners of my

unhappy. But I have to remind you. Even if you get discharged, you can't escape from my watch. Do you really think you can leave me? Unfortunately, you'll have to

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

out of your

I had said, he

Why don't you explain to them by then that you cheated on me and gave your

aggressive in spitting what he thought were facts.

you threaten me?! Do you think you're any better? Should I tell James that you remained indifferent when he had just died miserably in front of you? Or perhaps, should I tell him that you never loved me

"Scarlett!"

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

of that? Her death wouldn't bring James

my eyes. As he spoke, his eyes were red, and his voice was choked with sobs. He then eventually released

you seen how much I loved him since

my face, I lay on the bed in despair, my heart numb

knew that 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

go to waste

ear to his plea

and who was wrong anymore. All I

you won't leave my side," Charles

and said, "Then I will

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

our kids grow up? And when they do, do you want them to know that their mother had a mental breakdown because of a

blank all of a

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

"You... You're impossible!"

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

of our lives. If being good means that I'll have to

off your high horse.

I'm manipulating you to do the right thing for our children. You

hoping to see even a trace of pity. However, the only thing I saw was his