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.

around to look, but I was not able to retain my

I knew, I was falling into

the bathtub

as if I had fallen into a swimming

was going to down, I flailed

I remembered that I was in a

suddenly fell eerily silent except for the sound of running

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

got out

everywhere as I

"Why are you apologizing?"

and looked at

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

was fully clothed, I felt like I

to wring some of the water out of my shirt, but I just felt like I was wringing my dignity's

bathtub? I could have

"I'll change the water."

turned off the tap and

got it.You go

coughed, threw me his bath

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

bath towel for Charles to use and went back to the

Charles standing there

only saw one side of his

not that heavily muscled, but he was

of a male Roman

but my eyes seemed to have a mind

not help

side view allowed me a peek of half of his eight- pack abs and his Adonis belt that

my cheeks started to grow

but suddenly, he stopped

he started walking toward me, giving me a full view of

eyes darted to the

at it carefully.Since when did he have that

I have my towel,

no idea how long I had been

it were not for Charles's question, I would not

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

handed the towel to him

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

bathroom and tossed his

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

much that I found myself grabbing on to the

never really belonged to me.After a while, Charles walked

his hair

he looked

I forced myself to

just now," I told

and quickly

at me and then went to the

could hear some of their conversation from where I was

to come over to your

insufferable even if it were in a

why she had to torment everyone in real life as well,

in, walked to the wardrobe, and changed

I was no longer in the mood

more I saw of him, the

up for me.Call me if there's

as if he was reading off

some drinks.Don't

he was running off to Rita, I still cared about his safety.I did not want him to get hurt.Charles appeared to

the driver

he made a

a car

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