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.

that she put on, so I diverted the question to Charles and let him

muttered, "We're discussing going to the law firm later to file

Rita seemed to

have known each other for a long time.If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask me.I will do anything in my power to

body language gave

was marking

to meet with her

but I can file my own divorce,

retorted, reining in my

to stay any longer, so I grabbed my purse and

my hand and flashed me her best puppy dog

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

Rita.After Charles and I divorce, he's all

I was not in the mood to be

not what I meant.I truly want you

if I were the one who

nice life, too." I felt so disgusted that I wanted to

won't speak of it anymore, but if you need help

me as if I were one of her closest friends from way back, but in truth,

I

the right motivation, she would sink

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

of her little show, I marched

bark at Rita, "Stay here and

stern order that Charles uttered in a voice I had never heard him

not have to care anymore.I walked to the elevator and

me,

much I wanted to get

Rita today

my bad luck, Charles caught

could say anything, I muttered, "I'm

with me."Charles did not say anything for a

an eternity, he finally said, "Rita's never been here before.I've never told her about this

 If that were true, then that meant Rita was stalking her own

the restaurant near the TV station on my first day

if she were following me that day, too? What a crafty woman! She had

Charles would

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

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

not tell Rita about this place because

"Oh, I see."