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

poked me with

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

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

not

happened to type the wrong word.Aren't we

refused to give

I knew I could

known her to be the kind of person that

to tell her the truth, I took a deep,

few days ago.He's actually Rita's father.When my father was alive,

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

to ask me about it.He wanted to know what Rita's father had said to me.And yes, we're indeed a couple.We've

sheepish telling Nina about

was back in high school and telling my best friend about the forbidden

never felt sillier in my

I can't believe you're

the attention of the people in closest proximity to

anger or disappointment in her face though, which made me feel

it from you.It's just something that I

for her hand

least I'm sure now that you regard me as a

squeezed my hand back, and then

will be heartbroken

the

Nina's tongue, I instinctively covered her mouth with my

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

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

still married,

and raised

again, it's not what you

whispered, still leaving out the part that our marriage

not want to drag Nina into

ordered two cocktails for us and asked, "You said

years ago.All I know is that something big happened to the Riley Group and that

the Riley Group? Why does that name sound

Nina suddenly shouted.

fell out of my seat in

"What do you mean?"

this time, our waiter brought us our cocktails, and Nina took a sip

and started

to work for