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.

but I was not able to retain my

knew, I was

bathtub was almost

felt as if

death that I was going to down, I

remembered that I was in a

suddenly fell eerily silent except for the sound of running

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

quickly got out of

water everywhere

"Why are you apologizing?"

and

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

fully clothed, I felt like I was

tried to wring some of the water out of my shirt,

of the bathtub? I could have just stood there as I waited for it to fill

"I'll change the water."

quickly turned off the tap and

I got it.You

his bath

ran to my room

grabbed another bath towel for Charles to use and went back

Charles

only saw

heavily muscled, but he was

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

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

could not help staring

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

swallowed as my cheeks

but suddenly,

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

eyes darted to the

when did he have that

I have my

how long I had been

I would not have

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

lowered my head and handed the towel to him with both

sound, the towel was replaced

bathroom and tossed his clothes into

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

sudden pang of pain startled me so much that

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

was drying his hair

he looked

forced myself

called you just now," I

and quickly picked up

at me and then went

some of their conversation from

Jenny and ask her to come over to your place.You need to get plenty

be insufferable even if

had to torment everyone in real life as well, especially

back in, walked to

was no longer in

I saw of him, the more heartache I

going out.Don't wait up for

he was reading off a

some

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

call the

made

after, a car

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