Bye, My Irresistible Love

Chapter 5: The Brightest Girl 

Scarlett's POV: 

I looked at myself in the mirror.I wore a long white evening dress, a pair of Prada high-heeled shoes, and a pair of pearl stud earrings.I tied my hair up into a tight, clean bun.

But I still thought that there was something missing.

Then I put on my black choker necklace with the small turquoise on it and smiled.

My father gave it as a gift to my mother, and my mother handed it down to me.

"Are you done? Come on, Scarlett, let me see.Can't you raise your phone so that I can see you?"

Tiana and I were on video call while I was getting dressed.

While I got ready for the party, she was protesting loudly on the other end of the line.

"I only have two hands, Tiana.Calm down.I’m almost done."

At last, I put on my favorite pink lipstick and pouted my lips to check the color.

"Turn around.Let me have a look."

I looked at myself in the mirror and still felt uneasy.

I picked up my phone and angled the front camera toward myself.

Tiana covered her mouth and stopped moving.

The picture had frozen.Was it because of a bad signal? 

"Tiana, are you still there?"

"Oh, my God, girl! You look absolutely stunning! Oh, Charles is going to be stupefied by how gorgeous you look tonight! In fact, all the men at the party will be stupefied!"

"Mrs.Moore, if we don't set out now, we'll have to take the helicopter,"

Burton, the driver, called at me from the driveway.

"Thanks for the over-the-top compliment per usual, Tiana.I have to go.I'm already running late."

Then, I hung up.I lifted my dress and went downstairs carefully.

"You look beautiful, Mrs.Moore.You'll be a sensation at the party tonight." Burton opened the door for me.

"Thank you, Burton.Let's go." I was not that much into attending formal events, but I was looking forward to this party.

"Will we make it?"

"We will, Mrs.Moore.Trust me."

After saying that, Burton stepped on the accelerator and drove toward the Ritz Carlton Hotel.

Before I knew it, I was at the hotel's drop-off area.

I got off the car and felt the cold evening wind on my arms and face.

Fortunately, it should be warm indoors.

I entered the banquet hall, and many heads turned toward my direction.

All the attention made me feel a little tense and wonder if I had somehow gone overboard with my outfit.

"Scarlett! You're finally here."

I heaved a sigh of relief as Christine approached me.

"Hi, Grandma.Sorry I'm late."

"Our little princess is finally here."

I beamed as Alice and her husband Lawrence also walked toward me.

"Dad, mom.Oh, I'm so glad to see you both.I deeply apologize for arriving late."

"Don't worry about it, dear.The best is always the last one to show up anyway,"

Alice assured me with a smile.

At this time, many people in the banquet hall had taken notice of me.

One of them was a young man who waved at me and smiled.

It was Spencer.

buzzing crowd and finally

and he was staring right back

look, there was something else in his eyes tonight that I could

"Who is she?"

Lawrence and Christine adopted.Don't

is

to

has become a

came over with a smile on

was right on

"Long time no see."

toward them,

me, I caught a

standing by the stage and watching

at me with those icy,

glimpse

gentlemen, before we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Moore Group tonight, let us first please welcome

onto the stage, smiled at the emcee, and shook hands with

cold look on his face was gone, and he started giving his speech in a warm tone that

time to time,

were invited to the

speech, they were allowed to ask him a few

there's a rumor going around that you and Miss

when she was photographed trying on

by the questions they threw right at

in the spotlight, and Rita was an actress whose career fueled the rumor

could sometimes

to look at Alice, Christine,

liking

think my personal life is the least of everyone's concerns tonight.And with

behalf of the Moore Group, thank you for joining us and have a wonderful evening.Charles handled that quite well, and

the game long enough to learn how to deal with

Charles ended his speech, the band resumed the music,

guests began to

may I have

walked over to me and offered me his

as he gracefully bowed to

was a bit

the trail of broken

"Well, why not?"

took his hand and let him tow me to the dance

around my waist and held my hand

rested my other hand

me tighter, you coward.Are you afraid of getting beaten by Charles or something?" I whispered

and shook his head

held me

We began to dance.

a few moments,

as if someone

immediately dismissed

I was just thinking too much or maybe I just put on my choker too

your hand off

voice suddenly interrupted my train of

yanked Spencer's

no choice

right behind me with

tell if he was angry or in

matter, Charles? I'm just dancing with our

He looked stunned.

expecting such a

he did not say

like a little boy whose parents did not allow

glass of

the

in and ruin everyone's fun?"

Scarlett.Your good days are

days? Did he mean the days after

enough, the revelry in the banquet hall proved too much for me, and I had to get out to get some

off my choker as I

felt

follow

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