Bye, My Irresistible Love

Chapter 14: A Sleepless Night 

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.

promised Rita that I would marry

her dying wish and put a perfect

the hospital and went for a ride.I drove my white Maybach like a drunk, heartbroken teenager

of the villa where Scarlett lived.I rolled down my window and stared

She must already be asleep with a satisfied smile on her face because she

sent me a

a matter of time before she could finally divorce

annoyed me so much that I lit up a cigarette and took a

the only way left to

Scarlett's POV: 

decided I would go to the nearby breakfast place from the

I had

more time and

could go far, a

are you

to check on Charles and noticed the

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

him with

was still wearing the clothes he wore yesterday,and the stubble on his face and

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

 "Okay."

was that my soon-to-be ex-husband was so excited to divorce me that he camped

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

let me

Charles looked up at me and said

really answer my question, so I had no idea if we were getting breakfast or heading to the

I gave up and just got in

the breakfast place, I caught a

looked out the window and saw the owner handing a cup of coffee to

not stop, so I guessed there was no breakfast for

buy breakfast at that place?" Charles

"Yes."

just make

"I don't know how."

and then an

sheltered household where everything was

skills were not a priority to

did not say anything more after that and just focused on

he did not take me to

he took me to his

thought we're going to file our divorce right now.Why are we at your

ordinary people could not

me make you some

and

watched his face

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

as on

dump me today and marry

breakfast your way of buttering me up before divorcing me?"

"Think whatever you want,"

replied, a shadow passing over his

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