Bye, My Irresistible Love

Caroline’s POV:

 I furtively scanned the crowd for Charles, but I couldn’t see him anywhere.

My hesitation lasted for seconds before I gave in and finally answered the call.

"Hello."

No one answered.

Heavy breathing was the only thing I heard, the sound ensnaring my senses in its trap.

Thousands of words welled up in my heart.

In the end, all I asked was, "Charles, what can I do for you?"

"Sorry, wrong number."

The asinine reply was all I got after several seconds of silence.

Disappointed, I muttered, "In that case, bye."

"Bye," he answered.

For a small eternity, I waited with bated breath for him to say something, but when I realized he had no intention of speaking, I hung up and walked out of the banquet hall.

I was so lost in my jumbled thoughts that I failed to watch where I was going and bumped into a waiter who happened to be carrying several glasses of wine.

The tray in his hand fell and all the glasses of wine toppled over, drenching my dress.

"I’m sorry, Miss.Are you okay?" the waiter asked anxiously.

"I am fine." I replied quickly, quelling his stream of apologies.

My cheeks heated with embarrassment as I accepted a tissue from him and began wiping the wine stain.

The commotion we made drew Simon’s attention.

He excused himself from the group he was in and hurried over to me.

"Are you hurt?" he asked with concern..

"No, it’s just that my dress is stained.I have a spare one. Don’t worry."

The waiter then led me into a room I could change in after I fetched my spare dress in the car.

The room was awash in darkness and I was unable to find the light switch anywhere.

With a soft click, the door closed behind me and I abandoned my search for the light switch in favor of getting out of my wet dress.

Just then, there was a slight rustling sound from somewhere behind me.

Was there anyone else in this room? Lips pursing, I turned around slowly with a frown, but I couldn’t see anything.

However, I had definitely heard a sound that could only have been made by another human.

"Who is there?" I asked cautiously

 There was no verbal answer to my question, but I was able to make out the shape of a man smoking a cigarette on the sofa in the corner.

The cigarette burn was bright in the darkness.I nearly smacked myself in the head for my carelessness.

In my haste to get out of the dress, I hadn’t bothered to make sure the room was empty before disrobing.

stayed silent and continued

had gotten used to the darkness of the

I squinted until my eyes had once again adjusted to the

turned to the figure on the sofa and I was

initial thought was that it was some playboy but I

turned out to be none other than Charles.I continued staring at him in

smoke he puffed up,

put to words the myriad of thoughts flashing

smoke from Charles’ cigarette filled the

broke

"Are you not cold?"

attention and that was when I realized that I was

at the

find even a cubicle I could change

had no choice but to

nothing for a while

seconds of tense silence, he stood up and went out to

reflected starkly

still, his

a while, I did nothing but

I was able to snap out of it and returned my attention to what I should

possible, I changed from

of embarrassing episodes

was strapless and was meant to be laced up

that the person wearing the dress would need someone

was an unfortunate predicament I discovered only after I had put

out half naked, but I didn’t have anyone I could

you need any

and seductive baritone purred from behind

my head

my refusal

and walked towards me.His long legs ate up the distance between

do nothing but stare

and nothing was

his body loomed over me, his shadow

so close that our breaths intertwined and each time I inhaled, I breathed in

a very alluring and

around," Charles ordered

could do was blink up at

hands and turned me around by the

my hair and pushed it over my shoulder so

over my skin, and the heat made

turned away from his touch but he held both of

dragged both of my hands above my

against the wall and Charles’ body heat directly

this position made me feel nervous.I struggled to get free but Charles

"Do you feel good?"

seductive purr drawled right inside my ear and I shivered.His voice was hoarse and deep, and I could tell just from the tenor that Charles was feeling as conflicted as I

frown marred my face as I cocked my

let go of my hands and turned me to

position was even more intimate as Charles’ hand encircled my lower

heat of his palm made

face flamed a deep red and I couldn’t help but

anything else, so

chin, using his hold on me to stop