Bye, My Irresistible Love

Scarlett's POV: 

"Rita is in the hospital." Charles obviously did not intend to open the door.

The doorbell rang again as if it would never stop unless the door was opened.

It seemed that the unexpected visitor was a stubborn person.

If it were not Rita, then who else could it be? Charles turned his head toward the door and frowned.

He seemed to already know who was standing outside.

"Okay.I'm not sticking around to find out who that is.I'm going to hide out somewhere." I stood up and tried to find a place to hide.

Even though Charles and I were only having breakfast and had not done anything that crossed the line, I still did not want to cause any trouble.

Charles looked at me with a complicated look in his eyes.

Then, he walked toward the door.

He strode over so fast that I was not able to hide.

"Hi, Charles."

The first thing Rita did after Charles opened the door was look over his shoulder into the living room.

She spotted me right away by the dining table.

 They were not married yet, but I was already regarding them as a couple, and I was the outsider who should not be in Charles's apartment at this time of day.

That was how I felt whenever I was around them.

Charles stood at the door as if he was blocking Rita's passage.

Rita said lightly, "Charles, why are you standing in my way like that? Are you hiding another woman in there that you don't want me to meet?"

"Only Scarlett is here,"

Charles said calmly and then moved aside to let Rita in.

Rita came in and asked me with a smile, "Hello, Scarlett.What are you doing here so early? Is there a problem?"

"Why don't you ask Charles?"

Rita was asking a question that she already knew the answer to, and I was not going to fall for it.

so I diverted the question to Charles

Rita's white high-heeled shoes and muttered, "We're discussing going to the law

Rita seemed to think

turned to me and said in a sickeningly sweet voice, "Scarlett, we have known each other for a long time.If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask me.I

and body language gave her

was marking her

telling me not to meet with her future husband behind her

but I can file

reining in

longer, so I

my hand and

it, Scarlett.You're like family to me, and I'm really sorry you and Charles didn't work out.But you have to understand that love can't be forced.Love should be mutual in order for it to be real.The more you hold on to what's not meant for you, the more you delay what is.You don’t want to waste your time on someone who's in love with somebody

and I divorce, he's all

not in the

I meant.I truly want you to be

me as if I were

I felt so

spot.I won't speak of it anymore, but if

to me as if I were one of her closest friends from way back, but in truth, she was just establishing

the queen, and I

Charles's dainty little girlfriend, but with the right motivation, she would sink her claws

thought that I could not see through her schemes, but I could smell them

I marched out of Charles's apartment and never

bark at Rita, "Stay here and wait for me

uttered in

to care anymore.I walked to the

me, I pumped the

think about was how much I

Rita today had

Charles caught up

I muttered, "I'm going home to

did not say anything for a

eternity, he finally said, "Rita's never been here

were true, then that meant Rita was stalking

into me at the restaurant

following me that day, too? What a crafty woman! She had been shadowing me and Charles all

not understand why Charles would keep a

this place when he was supposed to be head-over-heels in love with her and was desperate to

apartment is under your name.It's

not tell Rita about this place because it belonged to me?

"Oh, I see."