Bye, My Irresistible Love

Scarlett's POV: 

I swore that I was not a person of weak will.

But when such a perfect man like Charles pouted and acted like a spoiled brat, I did not think any woman could refuse him.

So that I could leave as soon as I could, I promised him that I would finish dinner with him and then go meet Nina.

I was absentminded during the entire meal because I was not that hungry.

Also, Charles had been watching me and flashing me playful smiles, which made me uneasy.

I only felt relieved when dinner was finally done.

Charles kept his word and drove me to the bar.

However, after opening the car door for me and letting me out, he stood in my way.

"Scarlett, drinking is bad for your health, and it's easy to get into trouble when you've had too much of it.Don't drink more than three glasses of wine, and don't stay for more than half an hour inside.I'll wait for you here,"

Charles declared as he looked down at me.

I rolled my eyes and heaved a frustrated sigh.

"Charles, I'm an adult.I know how to conduct myself in a bar.I don't need you to tell me how much alcohol I should drink or how much time I should spend with my friend.Honestly, do you really see me as some girl who doesn't know her limits?"

My snapping apparently intimidated Charles.

He raised both his hands in surrender and stepped back.

"Very well.I'm sorry.I shouldn't have said so much.I'm just worried about you, okay?" he said.

I grabbed my purse, walked past him, and headed straight to the bar.

"Stay as long as you want.I'll wait for you here," he yelled after me.

I kept walking.

"Go home, Charles. I can take care of myself."

As soon as I entered the bar, I saw Nina waving at me.I smiled, walked over to her, and sat down.

"Hey, Nina.How did you know about this place? It's really nice and buzzing.I love the decoration."

"This is Spencer's new bar.I thought you knew about it.He told me I could swing by whenever I wanted and put my bill on his tab."

Nina put on a charming smile and flipped her curly hair.

when did you and Spencer get so

giggled and poked

here to talk about me and Spencer.We're here to talk about you and Charles.So what's your deal? I saw the message before you withdrew it.Are you really a couple? I mean, he's been coming to the office to see you

me with great interest.I felt a little embarrassed under her

not

said I saw the message.Don't tell me you just happened to type the wrong word.Aren't we good friends? Why can't you

refused to give

I knew I could

I had known her to be the kind of

deciding to tell her the truth, I took

Group came to the office to see me a few days ago.He's actually Rita's father.When my father was alive, he

carefully and left out the part where

about it and came to the station to ask me about it.He wanted to know what Rita's father had said

little sheepish telling

back in high school and telling my best friend about the

had never felt sillier in my

can't believe

attention of the

see any trace of anger or disappointment in her face though, which made

mean to hide it from you.It's just something that I don't want

for her

thank you for finally telling me.At least I'm sure now that you regard me as a real friend.And you can trust me,

crooked smile, squeezed my hand back, and then proceeded to playfully pinch my

sad.Charles will be heartbroken

the words

Nina's tongue, I instinctively covered

knew she was just teasing, but the fact that I was married to Charles was still

down? We're not really the

you're still married, aren't

grinned and raised

it's not what

the part that

complicated arrangement, and I did not want to drag Nina into all

and asked, "You said that your father

I know is that something big happened to the Riley Group and that my father

does that name sound familiar? Oh! Yes! My father

Nina suddenly shouted.

of my seat

"What do you mean?"

brought us our cocktails,

herself and

lawyer.He used to work for the Riley