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.

good for both of us to have that kind of relationship.That way, we'll

idea I've

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

the

"Hey! Wait for me!"

of the car.I ran after him, hoping to

going to marry

stay in his life without messing everything up was to be a sister to him.I panted

legs of his

at him now, I thought that my idea of us being siblings to each other was a stroke of

"Hello, Mrs.Moore.Welcome back."

shears and greeted me when we passed

I replied

happy.I felt like I finally won against Charles this time, and I did not care if our little

were in full bloom, and I thought that they were the

the living room, Christine was cutting and arranging some flowers on

champagne roses, which were just air freighted from Germany, and they

sat on the sofa on the other side and drank the coffee that one of the servants brought

he shot me a cold

narrowed my eyes at

he was in a good mood.I walked

Christine said, smiling at me, and patted

Charles and I have just made

a decision.I didn't

ignored him and

will take Charles as my brother.That way, I'll

"Okay," Christine nodded.

put down the roses and poured a cup of tea for me from the ceramic

look

winked at me and seemed to

Charles snorted derisively.

his superior

wonder his employees were

not because Christine was here

would never show his dissatisfaction in

Charles? My dear brother?" I raised my voice on purpose and

provoke an arrogant

your neck?

looked closely at my

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

door, I coiled up my hair and forgot all

like a little reddish bruise.Are you all right?

one of the

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

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

I glared at him.

hickey was his doing, and I was

a servant brought a

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

you like

to change

you, dear.I'm still full.Why

on the arm and went back to her flower arranging.After hesitating for a bit, I rose from my seat and

"Cherries?"