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.

of us to have that

worst idea

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

of the car.He slammed the door shut on

"Hey! Wait for me!"

after him and jumped out of the car.I ran after him, hoping to catch him before he

to marry another

could stay in his life without messing everything up was to

his made

him now, I thought that my idea of us being siblings

"Hello, Mrs.Moore.Welcome back."

gardener put down his gardening shears and greeted me when

I replied with

this time, and I did not

thought that they were the most beautiful flowers I had ever seen planted in

was cutting and arranging some flowers

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

other side and drank the coffee that

come in, he shot me a

narrowed my

whether or not he was in a good

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

Charles and I have just made a

just made a decision.I didn't agree

ignored him and held

as my brother.That way, I'll still

"Okay," Christine nodded.

poured a cup of tea for me from the

look on her benign

at me and seemed to

Charles snorted derisively.

his superior aura

wonder his employees were terrified

I was not because Christine was here

his dissatisfaction in front of

raised my voice

so good to provoke an arrogant man like

your neck?

looked

rose from my seat in a fit of panic.I was so focused on wanting to

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

reddish bruise.Are you all

asked and then gestured to one of the servants to bring

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

to my face.I looked at Charles and saw him enjoying my

I glared at him.

hickey was his doing, and I was the one

time, a servant brought a plate of cherries from the

neck, I took the plate and

you like some

offered, desperate to

still full.Why don't

me on the arm and went back to her flower arranging.After hesitating for a bit,

"Cherries?"