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

knew, I was falling

the bathtub was

so big that I felt as

death that I was going to down,

was in

suddenly fell eerily silent except for the sound of running water from the

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

quickly got out of

everywhere as I stepped

"Why are you apologizing?"

frowned and looked at

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

was fully clothed,

my shirt, but I just felt like I was wringing my

on the edge of the bathtub? I

"I'll change the water."

turned off the tap and

I got it.You

me his bath towel, and

my body and ran to

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

Charles standing

only saw one side of

heavily muscled, but

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

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

help

me a peek of half of his eight- pack

as my cheeks started

pants, but suddenly, he

me

darted to the scar on his

it carefully.Since when did he have that scar?

I have

idea how long I had

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

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

my head and handed the towel to

a rustling sound, the towel was replaced by a pair of trousers and a

I rushed out of the bathroom and tossed his clothes into the

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

pang of pain startled me so much that I

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

was drying his hair with a

he looked

forced myself to

just now," I told

nodded and quickly

me and then went to the balcony to call

their conversation from where

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

be insufferable even if it were

why she had to torment everyone in real life

came back in, walked to the wardrobe, and changed

moment, I was no longer in the mood to

I saw of him, the more heartache I had

out.Don't wait up for me.Call me if

as if he was reading off a

some

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

call the

he made

long after, a car arrived at

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