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 relationship.That way, we'll still be

idea I've

mirthlessly.Then, he added, "You better not mention that in front of Grandma, or we will have a whole new thing

that, Charles got out of the car.He

"Hey! Wait for me!"

ran after him,

to marry

I could stay in his life without messing everything up was to be

legs of his made him move like a

us being siblings to each other was a stroke

"Hello, Mrs.Moore.Welcome back."

gardening shears and greeted

I replied with a

I finally won against Charles this time, and I did not care if our little

rose bushes in the mansion's garden were in full bloom, and I thought that they were the most

was cutting and arranging some

were just air freighted from Germany,

on the sofa on the other side and drank the coffee that one

me come in, he

narrowed my eyes at

whether or not he was in a

Christine said, smiling at me, and patted the chair

"Grandma, Charles and I have

just made a decision.I

ignored him and

my brother.That way, I'll still be your

"Okay," Christine nodded.

poured a cup of

a meaningful look on her benign

winked at me and seemed to understand what I

Charles snorted derisively.

his superior

wonder his employees were terrified of

I was not because Christine was here to

show his dissatisfaction in front

brother?" I raised my voice

felt so good to provoke an

your neck? Is that a mosquito

exclaimed and looked

a fit of panic.I was so

I coiled up my hair and forgot all about

little reddish bruise.Are you

one of the

nothing.It's just a little scratch.No need for ointments or anything like that.It'll clear up in

at Charles and saw him enjoying my little mishap that I had to wriggle out of

I glared at him.

I was the one paying for

this time, a servant brought a

I took the

you like some

offered, desperate to change

still full.Why

the arm and went back to her flower arranging.After hesitating for a bit, I rose from my seat

"Cherries?"