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.

in the corner stayed silent and continued

had gotten used to the darkness of the room

habit, I squinted until my eyes

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

was that it was some playboy but I

be none other than Charles.I continued

of smoke he puffed

the myriad of

smoke from Charles’

broke the

"Are you not cold?"

back to attention and that was when I realized that I was standing in front

grabbed at the rest of my dress, trying to cover

scanned the room and couldn’t find even a cubicle I

had no choice but

said nothing for a while and simply stared

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

moon reflected starkly

stood still,

a while, I did nothing but stare at him, lost in my

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

changed from my wet

bout of embarrassing episodes were not

was strapless and was meant to be laced up on the

designed in such a way that the person wearing the dress would need someone else to lace

unfortunate predicament I discovered only

now, I was stuck in a dilemma.I couldn’t go out half naked, but I

need any

baritone

shook my head

thanks." Charles ignored my refusal of

long legs ate up the distance between us in a

could do nothing but

and nothing was in

Charles stalked closer to me and his body loomed over

breaths intertwined and each time I inhaled, I breathed in

the same air was a very

around," Charles ordered

could do

matters into his own hands and

shoulder so he

skin,

his touch but he

against the wall and dragged

face was flush against the wall and Charles’ body heat directly

this position made me feel nervous.I struggled to get

"Do you feel good?"

right inside my ear and I shivered.His voice was hoarse and deep, and I could tell just from

my face as I cocked

hands and

was even more intimate as Charles’ hand encircled my lower back, pushing me deeper into

palm made my

flamed a deep red and I couldn’t help

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

pinched my chin, using his hold on me to stop my flow of