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.

the pretentious air that she put on, so I diverted the question to Charles and

and muttered, "We're discussing going to the law

to think of

a sickeningly sweet voice, "Scarlett, we have known each other for a long time.If you

tone and body language gave

was marking her

not to meet

I can file my own divorce,

retorted, reining

want to stay any longer, so I grabbed my

my hand and flashed me her best puppy dog

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

divorce, he's all yours.I'm not going

great actress, but I was not

that's not what I meant.I truly

me as if I were

too." I felt so disgusted that

but if

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

Charles's home, she was the queen, and I was

was acting like Charles's dainty little girlfriend, but with the right motivation, she would sink her claws into him and chain him

through her schemes, but I could smell them

marched out of Charles's apartment and never looked

out, I heard Charles bark at Rita, "Stay here

in a voice

did not have to care anymore.I walked to the elevator and waited for it to

I heard footsteps approaching me, I pumped the down

I could think about was how much I wanted to get out

Rita

luck, Charles caught up with me before the

anything, I muttered, "I'm going home to get

bring it with me."Charles did

what felt like an eternity, he finally said, "Rita's never been here before.I've never told

meant Rita

she bumped into me at the restaurant near the TV

What a crafty

why Charles would keep a secret from

did he not tell her about this place when he was supposed to be head-over-heels in love with her and was desperate to marry her? I turned around and

apartment is under your name.It's written in the

that was it? He did not tell Rita about this

"Oh, I see."