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.

you and Spencer

poked me with

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

leaned in and stared at me with great interest.I felt a little embarrassed under her probing

not

you just happened to type the

to

I knew I could not hide

been kind to me, and I had known her to be the kind

her the truth, I took

came to the office to see me a few days ago.He's actually Rita's father.When my father

my words carefully and left out the part where Nate expressed his depraved desire

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

sheepish telling Nina about

best friend about the forbidden relationship I was having with the school bad

sillier in

God, Scarlett! I can't believe you're

the attention of

not see any trace of anger or disappointment in her face though, which

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

for her hand

finally telling me.At least I'm sure now that you regard me

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

now, Mrs.Moore, don't be sad.Charles will be heartbroken if he sees

the words

tongue, I instinctively covered her mouth with

but the fact that I was married to Charles was still not something I wanted announced in

you keep it down? We're not really the happily- ever-after married

still married, aren't

and raised her eyebrows

but again, it's not what you

the part that our marriage was

not want to

catch-up and joking around, Nina ordered two cocktails for us and asked, "You said

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

that name sound familiar?

Nina suddenly shouted.

fell out of

"What do you mean?"

our cocktails, and Nina took

collected herself and

father is a lawyer.He used to work for the Riley Group's legal