Bye, My Irresistible Love

Caroline’s POV:

I called Charles immediately.I needed clarification for what I just heard on the news.

"Hello?" The voice was soft and feminine.

Definitely not Charles.

Even without asking for her name, a part of my mind was well aware of whom I was speaking with.

It was Nevaeh, the woman that was just announced on television as Charles’ future wife.

"Please give the phone to Charles."

My lips’ pursed and I fought to keep my voice calm.

"I’m sorry but I can’t do that right now.Charles is in the shower, so he won’t be able to speak with you.I’m his fiancee, so you can tell me what you want and I will make sure he gets the message…"

The rest of her words faded away, a loud buzzing sound was the only thing I was cognizant of.

Blinking rapidly, I tried to calm myself but it was becoming a losing battle.

The possibility that Nevaeh was lying wasn’t lost on me.

She was probably trying to create a misunderstanding between Charles and I, but I also had to seriously consider the fact that she might be telling the truth. For the past few days, I had been battling insomnia.

Most nights I had to take sedatives before I was able to fall asleep.

Even when the sedatives worked and I slept off, my slumber was always restless and riddled with nightmares.

And the worst part was, I was now using a higher dosage of the sedatives before it would have any effect on me.

My symptoms didn’t end with the lack of sleep, unfortunately.I also had a case of severe migraines.

Not only that, but my stomach cramped a lot and the pain was so bad that I ended up retching on several occasions.

But the Wilson Group was in a more difficult state than me.

The company was suffering from internal and external problems, so my health issues would have to be ignored for the time being.

Simon called and asked me to meet him at the cafe.

After dabbing a concealer over the dark circles beneath my eyes, I pronounced myself ready to go.

Simon was already at the cafe, waiting for me.

He wore a dark suit and white shirt beneath it.

The suit brought out the color of his eyes and made him look more handsome His every move was suave and elegant, precisely the type of quality most women sought in a man.

Eventually, I made my way to him and plopped into the seat across from him.

"I’m here now.What do you want to tell me?" I asked without preamble, irritation lacing my tone.

"Caroline, you seem to have lost a lot of weight.Have you been skipping your meals?"

Simon’s eyes were wide with concern.I looked away from him without answering.

Our coffee was served a few seconds later.

My stomach churned when I took a sip of my coffee.

A weary frown creased my forehead and I glanced at my wristwatch, "We have to go back to the company and deal with work, so just get to the point."

Simon paused with the cup halfway to his mouth.

A wry smile twisted his lips.

"Caroline, do we have to be like this? I know I did something wrong before…"

"As I said, I have never blamed you.If you don’t have anything else to say, then I’ll be on my way," I interrupted Simon in a low voice and stood up to leave.

"Caroline! Charles is about to marry another woman.He will abandon you again for the sake of business interests.Such a man doesn’t deserve your love at all,"

Simon declared anxiously, his firm grip trapping my hand in his.I shook his hand off and sat back in the chair.

The corners of my mouth curled up in a bitter smile as I clenched my fists tightly.

It was a good thing I was sitting down because the force of the pain that hit my heart like a speeding truck would have knocked me off my feet.

"This is between me and him.It has nothing to do with you."

My voice was very even, not a single trace of the pain I felt evident in my tone.

"Caroline, don’t you understand? It doesn’t matter whether he will really marry this unknown woman or not.You will always have to fight for his attention with other women.When you left him a year ago, he was left unsatisfied, and that’s why he is being kind and doing everything he can to get you back.But once you are in his pocket, of what value will you be to him?"

"Enough! Stop it!"

His words rubbed salt in my wound and I just couldn’t listen to one more word.

But I shut him up too late.His words had already hit that mark and I was left bleeding from the force of their hit.

rushed forward and I had to close my eyes tightly to keep from

we shared turned out to be nothing but a

in a sharp breath, anger and betrayal surging up in my

crying

touched my face, his voice

I turned my face away to avoid his hand it has

could complete my sentence, I saw something move in the corner of

attention and I tilted my head to get a

looking

occurred to me to push Simon away from me, but before I could do it, Simon’s shoulder was

a loud grunt, but Charles wasn’t

back and punched Simon square in

so sudden that Simon had no

side forcefully and he staggered back

into the partition behind him, and it splintered

failed to deter Charles who was still advancing on Simon, his face

"Stop!"

shouted, panic making my voice

Charles didn’t stop.

punched Simon without

down his split lip, Simon looked like he would

energy from, but he was able to steady himself long enough to punch Charles on

encouraged them

made an attempt

and

"Charles, stop!"

wall.He neither heard my screams nor did his body register my attempts to stop his

stumbled.I would have hit the edge of the table if it wasn’t for

been aware of my presence long enough to realize that I

hand grabbed my elbow and he pulled

rush into

reprimanded me loudly, the

his mouth when Simon ran towards Charles and punched him in

and he ended up with

with Simon looking a little worse than

lips thinned and ! grabbed my bag before marching out of

leaving on my as torme Instead of releasing me, charles tightened his

it came to a matter of strength, I was no

I struggled, I had no choice but to amble

didn’t stop his furious march until we were

he turned me to face him and scowled at

you go? Are you having an

An affair? Simon and I are talking about

was so angry that I felt

Charles sneered in disgust.

touched your face and kissed you.But now

havoc on

stomach twisted savagely and my world spun as a truly awful feeling spread through my body I struggled

appetite in the past few days were

on the days I managed to eat something, I ended

like my internal organs were trying to shove their

the days I had a hangover, I didn’t feel

of water appeared in my face all of a

of water from Charles

chugged down the water after washing the after taste of vomit out

the nausea

nonsense are you talking about?

saw it with my

chin and lifted my

me, did you actually think of him

his face hard and clenched my

Nevaeh? Why do you still care who I am

news was made up

loudly, cutting his words

of women.I don’t want to be in a relationship with you anymore! I just want to get the Wilson Group back on track.I don’t have

pushed Charles away, got out of

got home, I threw my bag aside, curled up

for a long time swept over me again.I

stood up, a wave of dizziness hit me and I nearly

This was getting worse.

such a critical time.I had no other option than to

received a call from

Wilson, the Moore Group agreed to invest one hundred million dollars in our company, but it will be a drop in the bucket.We

rubbed my heavy head and said, "If the company can’t be saved, we can only cash

if we cash out, the Moore Group will definitely

Asta reminded me.

handle them.Just

the phone, I freshened up briefly and

pregnant," the

you sure I’m

was still flat and hard.I found it hard to believe that a baby could be growing