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.

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

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

Rita seemed to think of

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

tone and body language

was marking

to meet with

offer, but I can file my own divorce, thank you very

retorted, reining in

longer, so I grabbed my purse and

my hand and flashed me her

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

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

herself a great actress, but I was not in the mood to be

I meant.I truly

me as if I were the one who wronged

a nice life, too." I felt

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

I were one of her closest friends from way back,

and I was the enemy that she wanted to

was acting like Charles's dainty little girlfriend, but with the right motivation, she

her schemes, but I could

I marched out of Charles's apartment and

I heard Charles bark at Rita, "Stay here and wait for

a stern order that Charles uttered in a

to care anymore.I walked to the elevator and

me,

I could think about was how much I wanted

Rita

bad luck, Charles caught

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

bring it with me."Charles did not

like an eternity, he finally said, "Rita's

Rita

restaurant near the TV station on

What a crafty woman! She had been

did not understand why Charles would keep a secret

he was supposed to be head-over-heels in love with her and was desperate to marry her? I turned around

under your name.It's written in the agreement," Charles

was it? He did not tell Rita about this place because it belonged

"Oh, I see."