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.

I was not able

knew, I

bathtub was almost

that I felt as if I had fallen into

death that I was going to down,

remembered that I was in a bathtub and

eerily silent except for the

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

out of the

water everywhere as I

"Why are you apologizing?"

frowned and looked

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

I was fully clothed, I felt

some of the water out of my shirt,

of the bathtub? I could have just stood

"I'll change the water."

quickly turned off the tap

I got it.You

his bath

around my body and ran to my room to change into

into fresh clothes, I grabbed another bath towel

Charles

where I stood, I only saw one side

not that heavily muscled, but he was taut and

well-chiseled statue of a male Roman deity, and it made me

around and leave, but my eyes seemed to have a mind of their

help

side view allowed me a peek of half of his eight- pack abs and

cheeks started to grow

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

giving me

to the scar

at it carefully.Since when did

have my towel,

had no idea how long I had been

question, I would not have woken up from my fixation on his

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

the towel to

was replaced by a pair of trousers

rushed out of the bathroom

long, Charles's phone started ringing again, and Rita's name appeared on the

of pain startled me so much that I found myself grabbing

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

was drying his hair

looked

I forced myself to look

you just

and quickly picked up

then went to the balcony to

of their conversation

and ask her to come over to your place.You need to get plenty of rest."

would be insufferable even if

why she had to torment everyone in real

walked to the wardrobe, and changed into a charcoal black

longer in

more I saw of him, the more heartache I had to

wait up for me.Call me if there's

me as if he was reading

had some

to think that he was running off to Rita, I still cared about

call the

made

car

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