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.

to look, but I was not able

thing I knew, I was

bathtub was

felt as if I

to death that I was going to

remembered that I was in a bathtub

fell eerily silent except for the

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

quickly got out of

water everywhere as I

"Why are you apologizing?"

and looked at

all I could see was my bra peeking through my white shirt and my skirt clinging to

though I was fully clothed,

my shirt, but I just felt

of the bathtub? I

"I'll change the water."

the tap and opened the

I got

me his bath

my body and ran to my room to change into clean, dry

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

Charles standing

I only saw one side of his

heavily muscled, but he

statue of a male Roman deity, and it made me

wanted to turn around and leave, but my

help staring him

half of his eight- pack abs and his

swallowed as my cheeks started to grow

pants, but suddenly, he stopped

giving me a full view of

the scar on his

it carefully.Since when did he have

I have my towel,

how long

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

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

the towel

towel was replaced

that, I rushed out of the bathroom

ringing again, and Rita's name

pain startled me so much

sat there in bed, thinking about how my own husband never really belonged to me.After a while, Charles walked out of the bathroom

drying his hair with a

looked

myself to look

you just now," I

just nodded and quickly picked up

went to the

hear some of their

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

performance would be insufferable even if it were in

did not understand why she had to torment

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

this moment, I was no longer in the mood to watch

of him, the more heartache I had to

for me.Call me if there's anything

if he was

some

running off to Rita, I still

the driver

he made

a car arrived

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