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

I

bathtub

I felt as if I had fallen into a

that I was going to down,

that I was in a

fell eerily silent except for the

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

got out of

everywhere as I

"Why are you apologizing?"

frowned and looked

and all I could see was my bra peeking through

fully clothed, I felt like I

the water out of my shirt, but I just felt like I was wringing my

edge of the bathtub? I could have just stood there as I waited for it to

"I'll change the water."

off the tap and opened the

got it.You

his bath towel, and

ran to my room to change into clean,

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

Charles standing

where I stood, I only saw

that heavily muscled, but he was taut

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

but my

not help staring him

of his eight- pack abs

cheeks started to grow

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

me a

the

at it carefully.Since when did

have my towel,

no idea how long

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

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

my head and handed the towel

was replaced by a

the bathroom and tossed his clothes into the

phone started ringing again,

pain startled me so much that I found myself grabbing on to

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

was drying his hair with a

looked

I forced myself to

you just now," I

and quickly

me and then went to the balcony

of their conversation from where I

and ask her to come over to your place.You

even if it were

had to torment

hanging up with Rita, Charles came back in, walked to the wardrobe, and

no longer

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

up for me.Call

as if he was

had some

to think that he was running off to Rita, I still cared about his safety.I did not want him to get

call the driver

he made a phone

long after, a car

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