Bye, My Irresistible Love

Scarlett's POV: 

"Let me go," I said and bit my lip.

"You've been telling me that a lot lately,"

Charles backfired and flicked me on the forehead with his finger.

"Ouch! That hurt!" I whined.

It really did hurt.

He had used a lot of strength.

"As it should.If it didn't, you wouldn't learn your lesson at all.I take my eye off you for half a day, and you take up day drinking.You haven't even fully recovered from your last bad hangover, and you're already messing around.What's wrong with you?"

Charles flicked me again, venting his annoyance.

This time, he only exerted a little strength.His fingers touched my forehead gently like a feather.

"What do you care?"

I murmured as the back of my eyes stung.

Rita's words kept echoing in my mind, and they sank my heart deeper and deeper.

"You're not a child anymore, but you're acting like some rebellious brat who always makes me worry."

Charles pinched my cheek and squinted at me.

"This is your last warning, Scarlett.No more drinking, you hear me?"

Once again, I was stunned by the look of genuine concern in Charles's face despite the pointedness of his words.

"Then promise me one thing first,"

I started and raised my head to meet his gaze.

"No.You don't get to bargain here,"

Charles replied without hesitation.

The soft, gentle expression he just wore moments ago was suddenly replaced by that annoying smirk that made me want to beat the hell out of him.

I shot him a furious glance.

What was wrong with him? Why was he so supercilious? What was worse, I did not hate him at all.

Damn it! There was nobody in the world that I despised more than myself for that.

Seeing that I fell silent, Charles loosened his grip on my hand and said, "Fine.What do you want? Maybe I'll agree to it if I feel like it."

After thinking for a while, I lowered my head and straightened my dress.

"Let's be brother and sister from now on.I'll be a good sister to you, and you'll be a good brother to me."

"I beg your pardon?"

Charles asked, gloom suddenly twisting his handsome face.

both of us to have that kind of

idea

in front of Grandma, or we will have a whole new

of the car.He slammed the door shut on

"Hey! Wait for me!"

car.I ran after him, hoping to catch him before he entered the

was going to

life without messing everything up was to be a sister to him.I panted as I struggled

legs of his made

at him now, I thought that my idea of us being siblings to each other was a stroke of

"Hello, Mrs.Moore.Welcome back."

gardening shears and greeted me when we passed by

afternoon," I replied with

finally won against Charles this time, and

the mansion's garden were in full bloom, and I thought that they were the most beautiful flowers I had ever

cutting and arranging some flowers

air freighted from Germany, and they exuded a fresh and clean

sat on the sofa on the other side and

in, he

narrowed my

did not matter whether or not he was in a

me," Christine said, smiling at me, and patted the chair beside her.I

said, "Grandma, Charles and I

have just made a decision.I didn't agree to

him and held

will take Charles as my brother.That way, I'll still

"Okay," Christine nodded.

a cup of tea

was a meaningful look on her benign

me and seemed to understand what I

Charles snorted derisively.

went his

wonder his employees were terrified of

I was not because Christine was here to back

dissatisfaction in front of

Charles? My dear brother?" I raised my

good to provoke

What happened to your neck? Is that a mosquito

exclaimed and looked closely at my

in a fit of panic.I was so focused on wanting to piss off

the mansion's front door, I coiled up my hair and forgot all about the hickey on my

reddish bruise.Are you all right?

asked and then gestured to one of

ointments

Charles and saw him enjoying my little

I glared at him.

hickey was his doing, and I

a servant brought a plate

my neck, I took the plate and

like

desperate to

full.Why don't

flower arranging.After hesitating for a bit, I rose from my seat and sat beside Charles on the

"Cherries?"