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 to retain

knew, I was falling into the

the bathtub was

was so big that I felt as if I had fallen into a swimming

was going to down, I

I remembered that I was in

bathroom suddenly fell eerily silent except for the sound of running

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

got out of the

water everywhere as I

"Why are you apologizing?"

and

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

I was fully clothed, I

of my shirt,

the bathtub? I could have just stood there as

"I'll change the water."

the tap and opened the bathtub's

got it.You go

his bath

towel around my body and ran to my room

I grabbed another bath towel for Charles to use and

found Charles standing

I only saw one side of

was not that heavily muscled, but he was taut

a well-chiseled statue of a male Roman deity,

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

could not help staring him

of his eight- pack

cheeks started to

about to take off his pants, but suddenly, he

toward me, giving me a full view of his

to the scar on

at it carefully.Since when did

I have

how long I

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

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

lowered my head and handed the towel

towel was replaced by a pair of trousers

the bathroom and tossed his clothes into the

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

pain startled me so much

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

drying his hair with

he looked

I forced myself to look

called you just now," I told

just nodded and quickly picked

then went to the balcony to

their conversation

to come over to your place.You need

would be insufferable even if it were in

torment

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

longer in the mood

him, the more

up for me.Call me if there's anything

as if he was reading off

had some drinks.Don't

broke my heart to think that he was running off to Rita, I still cared about his safety.I did not want

call the

made

car

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