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

knew, I

the bathtub was

felt as if I

death that I was going to

was in a

fell eerily silent except for

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

out of the

scattered water everywhere as I

"Why are you apologizing?"

frowned and looked at

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

I was fully clothed, I felt like

tried to wring some of the water out of my shirt, but I just felt like I was

sit on the edge of the bathtub? I could have just stood there as

"I'll change the water."

the tap and

I got

his bath

ran to

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

Charles standing

where I stood, I only saw one

heavily muscled,

a well-chiseled statue of a male Roman deity, and it

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

could not help staring him

allowed me a peek of half of his eight- pack abs and

cheeks started to

about to take off his pants, but suddenly, he stopped and turned to look at

walking toward me, giving me a full view of his

to the scar

when did he have that scar?

I have my towel,

idea how long I had been

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

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

the towel to him with

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

that, I rushed out of the bathroom

phone started ringing again, and Rita's name appeared

pang of pain startled me so much that I found

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

drying his hair with a

he looked

myself

called you just now," I told

nodded and quickly picked

went to the balcony to

their conversation from where

cry.Drink some water first.I'll call Jenny and ask her to come over to your place.You need to get plenty of

performance would be insufferable even if it were in

to torment everyone in real life as well, especially

back in, walked to the wardrobe,

was no longer in the mood

the

wait up for me.Call me if

he

had some drinks.Don't

to think that he was running off to Rita, I still cared about

the

he made a phone

long after, a car arrived at

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