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.

silent and continued smoking, but

of the room and the sudden

until my eyes had once again adjusted to

to see properly, I turned to the figure on the sofa and

was some playboy but

out to be none other

the clouds of smoke he puffed up, Charles stared back at

to put to words the myriad of thoughts flashing

from Charles’

he broke the

"Are you not cold?"

question snapped me back to attention and that was when I

the rest of

couldn’t find even a cubicle I could

choice but to turn

turn around." He said nothing for a

few seconds of tense silence, he stood up and

moon reflected starkly

stood still,

a while, I did nothing but stare at him,

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

from my wet dress to

bout of embarrassing episodes were

meant

a way that the person wearing the dress would need someone else to lace them

predicament I discovered only

out half

need

low and seductive baritone purred

shook my head

my refusal

me.His long legs ate up the distance between us in a

but stare up at

well lit and nothing was in

body loomed over

close that our breaths intertwined and each time

same air was a

Charles ordered

could do was

his own hands and turned me around by

it over my shoulder so he could have

over my skin, and the

turned away from his touch but he held both

dragged both of

wall and Charles’ body heat

feel nervous.I struggled to get free but Charles wouldn’t let

"Do you feel good?"

was hoarse and deep, and I could tell just from the tenor that Charles was

my face as

hands and turned me

as Charles’ hand encircled my lower back,

palm made my legs

red and I

went blank.I couldn’t think of anything else, so

my chin, using his hold on