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.

look, but I was not able to retain

thing I knew, I was falling into

the bathtub was

so big that I felt as if I had

that I was going to down,

I was in

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

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

got out

everywhere

"Why are you apologizing?"

and looked at

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

was fully clothed, I felt like I was

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

I have to sit on the edge of the bathtub? I could have

"I'll change the water."

quickly turned off the tap and

got it.You go

coughed, threw me his bath towel,

body and ran to my room to change

another bath towel for Charles to

found Charles standing there

only saw one side of his

not that heavily muscled, but he was taut and

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

my eyes seemed to have

help staring

his eight- pack abs

swallowed as my cheeks started to

but suddenly, he stopped and turned to look

toward me, giving me

the scar on

at it carefully.Since when did he have that scar?

I have

idea how long I had

question, I would not have woken up from

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

head and handed the towel

a rustling sound, the towel was replaced by a

that, I rushed out of the bathroom and tossed his clothes

again, and Rita's name appeared

of pain startled me so much

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

was drying his

he looked so

I forced myself to look

called you just now," I

and quickly picked

and then went to the

some of their conversation from where I was

come over to your place.You need to get

be insufferable even if it were in

did not understand why she had to torment everyone

back in, walked to

this moment, I was no longer in

him, the more heartache I

out.Don't wait up for me.Call me if there's anything

as if he was reading off

had some

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

call the

he made a

long after, a car arrived at

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