Bye, My Irresistible Love

Charles's POV: 

I called it.

Whenever I set foot in our family's mansion, I got unresolved issues thrown at my face and then I ended up leaving in the worst of moods.

There had been no single instance where I had left with a smile.

I sat on the edge of Rita's bed and recalled what happened just now.I felt so upset that I considered smashing something.

A few moments later, my phone beeped.It was a message from Scarlett.

"I've got our marriage certificate."

I had to read the message thrice to make sure that I was not imagining it.It was the most offensive text message I had ever received to date.I clicked on the photo that followed the message.

It was taken on the day of Scarlett and I's wedding.

 In the photo, we were standing very close to each other.

While Scarlett had on one of those cute, squinty smiles that she put on whenever she was delighted about something, I was frowning like a boy who had been dragged into some activity that he did not want to do.

She must be very happy that day when she married me.

I gently ran my thumb over her face in the photo and found myself falling in a vortex of mixed feelings.

How could a cheerful little daisy like Scarlett suddenly turn into a thorny rose?  I was not prepared to see her so determined to get out of my life.

"Did you quarrel with your family again?"

Sensing the negative energy with which I must be bombarding her, Rita opened her eyes and spoke in a weak voice.

"Yes," I replied.

"I'm sorry.It's all my fault.I'm the reason you're always fighting with your family.If it weren't for me, you'd be at peace with them.I'm a burden to you." Rita covered her face with her hands and started sobbing.

"No.Of course it's not your fault.Don't think too much.It's just that Scarlett asked Grandpa for our marriage certificate earlier." I put away my phone and held her hand in mine.

"Did she get it then?" Her eyes instantly litup.

"Yes," I answered.

But the happy and excited look on Rita's face did not make me feel good at all.

It only reminded me of the unshakable resolve in Scarlett's eyes when she asked my grandfather for our marriage certificate.

At that moment, I realized how she would do anything to break away from me.

I had two women in my life.

One of them yearned to divorce me while the other was desperate to marry me.

But what about me? What did I want? I suddenly came to the horrible realization that I had no idea what I wanted.

Everyone else seemed to be sure of their choices while I mindlessly drifted in a sea of mine.

But I understood that I was at that point where whatever choice I made would not serve my own agenda.

I would marry her after I divorced

fulfill her dying wish and put a perfect ending to her short life. However,

a ride.I drove my white Maybach like a drunk, heartbroken teenager who felt lost and confused.I cruised around aimlessly for a

found myself pulling up in front of the villa where Scarlett lived.I rolled

asleep with

she would not have sent me a message

only a matter

that I lit up a cigarette and took

way left to help me calm

Scarlett's POV: 

so instead of rushing to the company, I decided I would go to the nearby breakfast place

was extra cheery because I had finally gotten our

little more time and this would all

before I could go far, a familiar white Maybach caught my

are you doing

check on Charles and noticed the pile of cigarette

from the number of cigarette butts, I had guessed that he had been sitting there all

him with

wearing the clothes he wore yesterday,and the stubble on his face and his bloodshot eyes told me that he

got here.Those cigarette butts aren't mine," he explained

 "Okay."

ex-husband was so excited to divorce me that he camped out in his car all night just to drag me to the lawyer's office

before we go to the lawyer's office?" I pointed to the breakfast

let me eat before formally wrecking

Charles looked up at

I had no idea if we were getting breakfast or

up and just got

passed by the breakfast place, I caught a whiff of the delicious food they served

window and saw the owner handing

guessed there was no

buy breakfast at that place?" Charles

"Yes."

don’t you just make it

"I don't know how."

and then an

a sheltered household where everything was done

not a

more after

to the

took me

going to file our divorce right now.Why are we at your place?" I swept my

so fancy that ordinary people could

make you some

car and went

watched his

seemed to be walking on air today, and once again, it confused

maybe he was just feeling as

finally legally dump me today and marry the

me up before

"Think whatever you want,"

replied, a shadow passing over