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.

be good for both of us to have that

worst idea I've ever

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

the car.He slammed the door shut on

"Hey! Wait for me!"

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

to

without messing everything up was to be a sister to him.I panted as

long, slender legs of his made

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

"Hello, Mrs.Moore.Welcome back."

down his gardening shears and greeted me when

afternoon," I replied with

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

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

Christine was cutting and arranging some flowers on a

air freighted from Germany, and they exuded a fresh and clean

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

in, he shot me a cold

narrowed my eyes

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

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

and I have just made

decision.I

ignored him and

take Charles as my brother.That way,

"Okay," Christine nodded.

she put down the roses and poured a cup of tea

look

and seemed to understand

Charles snorted derisively.

his superior

employees were terrified of

I was not because Christine was here to

his dissatisfaction in front of

brother?" I raised my

felt so good to provoke

neck? Is that a

suddenly exclaimed and looked closely at

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

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

a little reddish bruise.Are you all right? Does

of the servants

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

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

I glared at him.

hickey was his doing, and I

a plate of cherries from the

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

you like

offered, desperate to

you, dear.I'm still full.Why don't

the arm and went back to her flower arranging.After hesitating for

"Cherries?"