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 smoking, but

darkness of the room

habit, I squinted until my eyes

see properly, I turned to the figure on the

was that it was some

turned out to be none other than

clouds of smoke he puffed up, Charles stared back at

words the myriad

smoke from Charles’ cigarette filled the

he broke the

"Are you not cold?"

question snapped me back to attention and that was when I realized that I

flamed and I hastily grabbed at the rest of my

the room and couldn’t find even a cubicle

had no choice but

turn around." He said nothing for a while and simply stared

of tense silence, he stood up and went out to

moon reflected starkly

still, his

nothing but stare at him, lost

it and returned my attention to

from my wet dress

embarrassing episodes

dress was strapless and was meant

in such a way that the person wearing the dress

predicament I discovered only after I had put on

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

need

and seductive baritone purred from

my head

my refusal

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

could do nothing but stare up at

and

stalked closer to me and his body loomed over

each time I inhaled, I

same air was a very

Charles ordered

could do was blink

into his own hands and turned me around by the

pushed it over my shoulder so he could have a

over my skin, and the

from his touch but he held both

dragged both of my hands

face was flush against the wall and Charles’ body

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

"Do you feel good?"

shivered.His voice was hoarse and deep, and I could

face as I cocked

hands and

as Charles’ hand encircled my lower back, pushing

made my legs

face flamed a deep red and I couldn’t help

else, so I could only call

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