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.

us to have that kind of relationship.That way, we'll still

idea I've

of Grandma, or we will have a whole new

of the car.He

"Hey! Wait for me!"

of the car.I ran after him, hoping

to marry another

messing everything up was to be a sister to him.I panted as I struggled to fall into step beside

of his made

thought that my idea of us being siblings to each other was

"Hello, Mrs.Moore.Welcome back."

gardener put down his gardening shears and greeted

replied with a

won against Charles this time, and I did not care

bloom, and I thought that they were the most beautiful flowers I had ever seen planted in someone's

cutting and

roses, which were just air freighted from Germany, and they exuded a fresh and

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

in, he shot me a cold

my eyes

he was in a good mood.I walked into the room

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

I said, "Grandma, Charles and I have just made

just made a decision.I didn't agree to it,"

him and

brother.That way,

"Okay," Christine nodded.

put down the roses and poured a cup

was a meaningful look on her

winked at me and seemed to

Charles snorted derisively.

went his

his employees

I was not because Christine was here to back me

show his dissatisfaction in front of

I raised my voice on

good to provoke

your neck? Is that

suddenly exclaimed and looked closely at

in a fit of panic.I was so

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

a little reddish bruise.Are you all

to one of the servants

little scratch.No need for ointments or anything like that.It'll clear up

him enjoying my little mishap that I had to wriggle out of with an unimpressive

I glared at him.

his doing, and I was the one paying

a plate of cherries from the

take away the attention from my neck, I took the

you like some cherries,

offered, desperate to

still full.Why don't

back to her flower arranging.After hesitating for a bit, I rose from my seat and sat beside

"Cherries?"