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

thing I knew, I was falling

the bathtub was

felt as if I had fallen into a swimming

to death that I was going to down,

I was in a bathtub

eerily silent except for the sound of

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

out

scattered water everywhere as I stepped

"Why are you apologizing?"

frowned and looked at

all I could see was my bra peeking through my

was fully clothed, I felt like

out of my shirt, but I

the bathtub? I

"I'll change the water."

tap and opened the bathtub's

got

his bath towel, and turned

wrapped the towel around my body and ran to my room to change

into fresh clothes, I grabbed another bath towel for Charles to use and went back to

Charles standing there

where I stood, I only saw

heavily muscled, but he

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

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

not help staring him

side view allowed me a peek of half of his eight- pack abs and his Adonis belt that extended into

swallowed as my cheeks

but suddenly, he

he started walking toward me, giving me a full view of his

eyes darted to the scar

carefully.Since when did he have that scar?

have my

how long I

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

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

head and handed the towel to him

replaced by

the bathroom and tossed his clothes into the washing

Charles's phone started ringing again, and Rita's

sudden pang of pain startled me so much

really belonged to me.After a while, Charles walked out of

his hair with a

he looked so

forced myself

you just

quickly

went to the

of their conversation from where

cry.Drink some water first.I'll call Jenny and ask her to come over to your place.You

be insufferable even if it were in a

why she had to torment everyone in real

came back in, walked

no longer in the mood to

of him, the more

going out.Don't wait up for

as if he was

some

I still cared about his safety.I did not want him to get hurt.Charles appeared to be

call the

made

long after, a car

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