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.

could not stand the pretentious air that she put on, so I diverted the question to Charles and let him

fixed his eyes on Rita's white high-heeled shoes and muttered, "We're discussing going to the

to think

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

marking her

not to meet

the offer, but I can file

reining in my

stay any longer, so I grabbed my purse and headed for the

held my hand and flashed me her best puppy dog

should be mutual in order for it to be real.The more you hold

all yours.I'm not going to try and chase after

I was not in the mood to be in one of her

I meant.I truly want

me as if I

felt so disgusted that

won't speak of it anymore, but if

if I were one of her closest friends from way back,

was the queen, and I

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

I could not see through her schemes, but I could

had enough of her little show, I marched out of Charles's apartment and

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

order that Charles uttered in a voice I

anymore.I walked to the elevator and waited for it to

approaching me, I pumped the down button

was how much I wanted to get out

tolerance for Charles and Rita today had already

my bad luck, Charles caught up with me before the

say anything, I muttered, "I'm

did not

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

true, then that meant Rita was stalking

remembered that she bumped into me at the restaurant near the TV station on my first

were following me that day, too? What a crafty woman!

understand why Charles

he was supposed to be head-over-heels in love with her and was

name.It's written in the

not tell Rita about

"Oh, I see."