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.

and continued smoking, but suddenly the light came

eyes had gotten used to the darkness of the room

of habit, I squinted until my eyes had once again

properly, I turned to the figure on the sofa and I was left speechless

it was some playboy

man smoking in the dark turned out to be none

he puffed

to put to words the myriad of thoughts flashing

smoke from Charles’ cigarette filled

broke

"Are you not cold?"

and that was when I realized that

grabbed at the rest

and couldn’t find even a cubicle I could

it! Eventually, I had no choice but to turn

around." He said nothing for a while and

few seconds of tense silence, he stood

starkly on

still, his back

nothing but stare at

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

from my wet dress

of embarrassing

and was meant to be

dress was designed in such a way that the person wearing the dress would

was an unfortunate predicament I discovered only after I had put on the

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

you need any

baritone

shook my

my refusal of

cigarette and walked towards me.His long legs ate up the

nothing but stare

and

closer to me and his body loomed

bodies were so close that our breaths intertwined and each

was a very alluring and powerful

around," Charles ordered

do was blink up

his own hands and turned me around

gathered my hair and pushed it over my shoulder so he could have a clear view of

skin, and the

away from his touch but

wall and dragged both of

wall and Charles’ body heat directly

me feel nervous.I struggled to get free but

"Do you feel good?"

and deep, and I could

as I cocked

of my hands and turned

Charles’ hand encircled my lower back, pushing

made my

and

blank.I couldn’t think of anything else, so I could only call his name again

pinched my chin, using his hold on