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

the worst idea I've ever

better not mention that in front of Grandma, or we will have a

got out of the car.He slammed the

"Hey! Wait for me!"

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

was going to marry

life without messing everything up was to be

long, slender legs of his made him move like

of us being siblings to each other was

"Hello, Mrs.Moore.Welcome back."

down his gardening shears and greeted me when we passed

afternoon," I replied

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

in full bloom, and I thought that

room, Christine was cutting and arranging some

were just air freighted from Germany, and

side and drank the coffee that

he shot me a cold

my eyes

whether or not he was in a good mood.I walked into the room

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

Charles and

have just made a decision.I didn't

him and held

my brother.That way,

"Okay," Christine nodded.

down the roses and poured a

was a meaningful look on her

at me and seemed to

Charles snorted derisively.

his superior aura

employees were terrified

not because Christine was here to

his dissatisfaction

my voice on purpose and smirked

to provoke an arrogant man like

happened to your neck? Is that

suddenly exclaimed and looked closely at

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

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

a little reddish bruise.Are you all right?

and then gestured to one of the

okay, Grandma.It's nothing.It's just a little scratch.No need for ointments or

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

I glared at him.

doing, and I was the

time, a servant brought a plate of

away the attention from my neck, I took the plate and brought

like

offered, desperate to change the

still full.Why don't

hesitating for

"Cherries?"