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.

swept my eyes over the buzzing crowd and

was

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

"Who is she?"

that's the girl Lawrence and Christine adopted.Don't you think

is breathtaking.She is even

began to

little Scarlett has become a charming

a

right on his

"Long time no see."

extended my hand toward them,

me, I caught a

by the

still looked at me with those

a glimpse of anger on

before we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Moore Group tonight, let us first please welcome our dear CEO, Mr.Charles Moore, for

stage, smiled at the emcee, and

face was gone, and he started giving his speech in a warm tone that I

to time, and I returned

invited

were allowed to ask him a

a rumor going around that you and Miss Rita Lively are engaged.Is

her when she was photographed trying on wedding

by the questions they threw right at

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

reporters could sometimes

at Alice, Christine, and

liking what was

concerns tonight.And with

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

in the game long enough to learn

band resumed the music, drowning out

the guests began to fill the dance

I have this

over to me and offered me

beamed as he gracefully bowed to me like a real

was a bit

amount of gentlemanly demeanor could ever cover up the trail of broken hearts he left in

"Well, why not?"

him tow me to the

hand around my waist and held my hand

other

you afraid of getting beaten by Charles

grinned and shook

he held me

We began to dance.

few moments, I

if

dismissed

too much or maybe I

your hand off

interrupted

had yanked Spencer's hand off

no choice but

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

tell if he was

matter, Charles? I'm just dancing with

He looked stunned.

expecting such a reaction

did not

a little

I took a glass of champagne from his tray and downed it

the mood

does he always swoop in and ruin

worry, Scarlett.Your good days are on the

mean the days after the divorce? I was

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

as I made my way to the

cold night air felt so nice against my

and David did not follow

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