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.

for both of us to have that kind of relationship.That way, we'll still be in each other's lives

the worst idea I've

of Grandma, or

Charles got out of the car.He slammed the

"Hey! Wait for me!"

jumped out of the car.I ran after him, hoping to

going to marry

without messing everything up was to be a sister to him.I panted as I struggled to fall into step

slender legs of his made him

idea of us being siblings to

"Hello, Mrs.Moore.Welcome back."

his gardening shears and greeted me when

afternoon," I replied with

extremely happy.I felt like I finally won against Charles this

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

was cutting and arranging some

from Germany, and they exuded a fresh

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

he shot me a

narrowed my

not matter whether or not he was in

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

"Grandma, Charles and I have just made a

a decision.I didn't agree

him and held Christine's

brother.That way, I'll

"Okay," Christine nodded.

a cup of tea for me from the

meaningful look

me and seemed to

Charles snorted derisively.

his superior aura

employees

because Christine was here to

show his dissatisfaction in front

raised my voice on

good to provoke an arrogant

neck? Is that a

and looked closely at my

a fit of panic.I was so focused

my hair and forgot all about the hickey

little reddish bruise.Are

then gestured to one of the servants to bring a

ointments or anything like that.It'll clear up

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

I glared at him.

hickey was his doing, and I was

time, a servant brought a plate of cherries from

take away the attention from my neck, I took the

like some

to

full.Why don't you

her flower arranging.After hesitating for a bit, I rose

"Cherries?"