Bye, My Irresistible Love

Chapter 4: A Greedy Man 

Scarlett's POV: 

After I said goodbye to Charles and Rita at Rainbow Dream, Charles's mother, Alice, called me.

She told me that she and Christine--Charles' grandmother were coming to see us.

It had been a long time since I last saw them.

I was so excited by Alice's call that I practically screamed my agreement at her over the phone.

I could not wait to see them both, especially Grandma Christine.

I had missed her and her delicious apple pies.

They had always been very kind to me and made me feel like I was family.

If they found out that Charles and I were planning to get divorced, they would be heartbroken.

So Charles and I tried our best and acted like a normal loving married couple until Alice and Christine decided to go home.

It just was not the right time to tell them.

We had to be really careful as well because Christine was unusually perceptive.

She could sense lies and deception from a mile away like a shark smelling a drop of blood in the water.

I was not expecting Charles home, but as soon as I saw him, I acted like a caring wife to him.

I honestly thought I deserved an Oscar Award for my performance.

Thinking about how Grandma Christine scolded Charles earlier like he was a naughty, restless little boy, I had to bite down my laughter.

"What's so funny?"

"What? Nothing," I mumbled.

I needed to find a place in the house to be alone for a while.

Since Charles and I talked about the divorce, I had been finding it a little difficult to stay in the same room as he was.

"Where are you going?"

"The kitchen."

"Can you run me a bath, please?" Charles ordered with a cold face.

"Okay."

I turned on my heels and went upstairs to the bathroom.

I stared at the huge white porcelain double bathtub and realized that I had never used it.

Suddenly, I was imagining Charles taking a bath in it.

It took all of three heartbeats before my imagination blew the Charles-in-the-bathtub scene out of proportion and sent me reeling.

‘What the hell, Scarlett? Stop with the inappropriate thoughts about your husband already!"

I shook my head and turned on the tap.

After adjusting the water temperature, I waited for the bathtub to fill up.

I sat on the edge of the bathtub and thought about the dinner party tomorrow night.

Shall I go with Charles? If I were being honest, going with Charles to the party would make me a bit uncomfortable, but I had not seen or spoken to his family in a long time.

I would really love to see Alice and Grandma Christine again and also Lawrence.

I had known them since I was a little girl, and I truly think of them as my family.

While I was immersed in my reverie, the bathroom door suddenly swung open.

turned around to look, but I was not able to retain

I was falling

bathtub was almost

so big that I felt as if I had

that I was going to

I remembered that I was in

except for the sound of running water

"I'm sorry...I'm so sorry,"

got out of

scattered water everywhere as

"Why are you apologizing?"

frowned and

was sopping wet, and all I could see was my bra peeking through my white shirt and my skirt

clothed, I felt

to wring some of the water out of my shirt, but

did I have to sit on the edge of the bathtub? I could have

"I'll change the water."

off the tap and opened the bathtub's

got

coughed, threw me his bath towel,

towel around my body and ran to

I grabbed another bath towel for Charles

found Charles standing

I only saw one side of

heavily muscled, but he

like a well-chiseled statue of a male

turn around and leave, but my eyes seemed to

not help staring

of half of his eight- pack abs

as my cheeks started

off his pants, but suddenly, he stopped and turned to look at

giving me

eyes darted to the scar

carefully.Since when did

have

idea how long I had

were not for Charles's question, I would not have woken

"Oh.Yes.I'm sorry," I muttered.

and handed the towel to him

towel was replaced by a pair of trousers

out of the bathroom

phone started ringing again, and

pang of pain startled me so much that

how my own husband never really belonged to me.After a while, Charles walked out

his hair with

looked

forced myself to

you just

just nodded and quickly picked

glanced at me and then went to the balcony to

some of their conversation from where I

first.I'll call Jenny and ask her to come over to your

insufferable even if it

why she had to torment everyone

in, walked to the wardrobe, and changed into a charcoal black

no longer in the

of him, the more heartache

wait up for me.Call me if there's

as if he was reading off a

some drinks.Don't

was running off to Rita, I

call the driver

he made a phone

after, a car arrived

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