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.

instinctively turned around to look, but I

I

bathtub was almost

that I felt as if I

to death that I was going to down, I flailed around

remembered that I was

fell eerily silent except for the sound of running

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

got out

everywhere

"Why are you apologizing?"

and looked

see was my bra peeking through my white shirt

clothed, I

out of my shirt, but

of the bathtub? I

"I'll change the water."

off the tap and opened the

got it.You

coughed, threw me his

wrapped the towel around my body and ran to

I grabbed another bath towel for

Charles

I only saw one side of

not that heavily muscled, but he was taut and

of a male Roman deity, and it made me

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

could not help staring

peek of half of his eight- pack abs and his Adonis belt

as my cheeks started

his pants, but suddenly,

me a full view

the scar on

looked at it carefully.Since when did he have that

I have

how long I

I would not

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

my head and handed the towel to him with

towel was replaced by a pair of trousers

that, I rushed out of the bathroom and tossed

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

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

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

drying his hair

looked

forced myself to look

just now,"

just nodded and quickly picked

and then went to the balcony

hear some of their conversation from where I was

Jenny and ask her to come over to

be insufferable even if

not understand why she had to torment everyone in real

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

was no longer

the more heartache I had

wait up for me.Call me

as if he was

some

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

the

he made

long after, a car

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