Bye, My Irresistible Love

Scarlett's POV: 

I recovered quickly from my cold, and finally, my first day at the TV station came.

At ten o'clock in the morning, I walked into the studio and reported for work.

I was nervous to be in front of the camera, but before long, we started shooting.

The show's guest today was a very lively and dynamic entrepreneur.

Charles was also an entrepreneur, but unlike my interviewee, he was a cold, taciturn man.

I Damn! Why was I thinking of Charles while I was at work? Realizing that I was being unprofessional, I shoved Charles out of my mind and concentrated on doing my job well.

Half an hour later, the shoot was over.

The director and staff were pleased with my performance.

They even said that I was a very promising host for their channel and that as long as I worked hard, I would have a bright future.

Then, they invited me to lunch as their way of welcoming me to the company.

But I politely refused.

It was just my first day working at the TV station, and I did not want my colleagues to think that I was being given special treatment.

So at lunch time, I decided to eat alone at a nearby restaurant.

A few minutes after I sat down, I saw Rita enter the establishment.

She had a few bodyguards following her.

And to my surprise and displeasure, she took the seat across from mine without asking me first.

"Scarlett! Fancy seeing you here!"

"Hi, Rita.Are you here alone? Where's Charles?"

I did not want to exchange pleasantries with her, but I had no choice.I did not want to be rude to her in public.

"Oh, Charles wanted to accompany me, but I refused.He has too much work to do.I didn't want to bother him and tire him out," Rita chirped like she was the happiest woman alive.

I gritted my teeth and forced a smile.

The last time I overheard the two of them talk on the phone, she was practically begging Charles to come over to keep her company.

Now she was telling me the opposite under the guise of concern.

Clearly, this woman was just trying to make me think that Charles cared about her more than he cared about me.

I could tell her that I could see through her bold-faced lies, but I found it pointless to embarrass her.

Charles had no idea that Rita was manipulating him, and if I told him, he would just accuse me of being jealous.

So I found it better to just keep my silence.

only reason that Charles believed Rita when she was acting all weak and fragile was that he had feelings

all, thought that when she was acting like a damsel in distress, she was just trying

her sentence, a waiter approached

well filet mignon and a glass of

same," Rita

"All right.Coming right up."

took our menus and

fixed my gaze outside and watched the city's bustling lunchtime

seem to know how to read a person's body

refused to let me go without

"That's nice."

upset me, but I decided to keep my

thought about

she could have picked

to hop across town to eat at a restaurant

weakling, but she was a

My health is getting worse and worse, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see the day that Charles and I get married.He's the man of my dreams, and

reached out for my hand and

a beseeching expression

moment, I thought that for an actress, she had terribly

I get it, I will

withdrew my hand from her grip, careful

us to attract the wrong kind

have to come all the way here to persuade me, Rita.Charles and I have talked about it.He'll be all

entire lunchtime pushing my food around

little guilt trip spoiled my appetite and my

Charles's POV: 

lately, and it upset me.So I decided to spend some time with

invited me for dinner tonight at a nearby restaurant,

eyes darted

showing the program

pointed

had known Scarlett to

one of the rare times that I

was impossible for anyone to

like Scarlett are popular among men.You don't know how lucky you are, Charles." David picked

on the TV

his heart.Even though Scarlett is as

his hand on David's shoulder and spoke in

at a fool.They were always like this whenever Scarlett

was starting to

help feeling betrayed, like they

have feelings for Scarlett?" David really could not read social cues at all.How did my silence tell

snags Scarlett, I'm sure Charles will be happy to tell you then how he really feels about her."

about Scarlett being wooed by a rich old man, I could not keep my

did you

there who'd love to keep her.Does that bother you? Bro, you're divorcing her soon.Whether she gets a new boyfriend or becomes some rich old

end up together, we're still family." I quickly

thought I had made a convincing excuse, but