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.

my eyes over the buzzing crowd and finally

Charles, and he was staring right back at

than the usual detached look, there was something else in his eyes tonight that I could not quite figure

"Who is she?"

and

is

began to whisper among

has become

with a

was right on

"Long time no see."

hand toward them, and

me, I

the stage and watching

at me with those icy,

caught a glimpse of anger on

celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Moore Group tonight, let us first please

onto the stage, smiled at the emcee, and shook

his face was gone, and he started giving his speech in

to time,

reporters were invited

Charles's speech, they were allowed to ask him a few

a rumor going around that you and Miss

her when she was

not surprised by the questions

Group had always been in the spotlight, and Rita was an actress whose career

reporters could sometimes

at Alice, Christine, and

were not liking what was

of everyone's concerns tonight.And with that, let me welcome you to

the Moore Group, thank you for joining us and have a wonderful evening.Charles handled

enough to learn how to deal with nosy

his speech, the band resumed the music, drowning out the reporters’

to fill the dance

I

to me and offered me

he gracefully bowed to me like a

amusing, considering Spencer was a bit of a ladies’ man

the trail

"Well, why not?"

let him tow me to the

waist and held my hand in the

other hand

afraid of getting beaten by Charles or something?"

grinned and shook

held me

We began to dance.

a few moments, I

if someone

dismissed the

thinking too much or maybe I just put on

your hand off

voice suddenly interrupted my train of

had yanked Spencer's hand off my

no choice

sulkily and found Charles standing right behind me with that confusing expression

he

the matter, Charles? I'm just

He looked stunned.

not expecting such a reaction from

did not say

like a little boy whose parents did not allow

a waiter passed by, and I took a glass of champagne from

the mood

and ruin

habit.Don't worry, Scarlett.Your good days are on the

Did he mean the days after the divorce?

too much for me, and I

off my choker as I made my way to the

felt so nice against

follow me, and I appreciated

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