The CEO's Regret: Chasing My Love Back

“Don’t look now, but that guy over there has been staring at you nonstop for the past hour or so.” Sally, Nora’s best friend whispered into her ear, giggling and staring at someone to the right of Nora. Of course, Nora instinctively turned and glanced in the direction in which Sally was looking, causing her friend to groan inwardly. She found herself staring at the hottest man that she had ever met, at least he looked smoking hot from here.“Isn’t he hot?!” Sally exclaimed, clapping her hands over her chest dramatically.“He sure is,” Nora mumbled. She was feeling the effect of several glasses of booze that she had had earlier and was feeling no pain at all.“Come on, show some enthusiasm. Come to think of it, I’m not really sure if he is actually staring at me or you.”“Who cares?” “You should. If …”“You know, you’re actually right. Sam can go screw himself. I mean, telling me that I’m not even that hot, just because I confronted him for cheating. He’s out of his goddamn mind! That

Nora tried to swallow her disappointment when they got to the semi-full bar and there was no sign of Austin anywhere there. Of course, he wasn’t there. The bar wasn’t his home after all. She sat rigidly with Sally’s new love interest and his friend, wishing that she hadn’t even come at all. Soon enough, as Nora had known that she would, Sally excused herself with the guy that she was interested in, leaving Nora alone with his friend, who immediately proceeded to begin to hit on her … hard. “I’m sorry, but I’m not in the mood for any sort of relationship, serious or otherwise, right now. And once, again, I’ll prefer it if you kept your hands to yourself.” She told the guy, whose name she hadn’t even bothered to memorize, for what felt like the umpteenth time. “You heard the lady. Stop bugging her.” Austin’s voice came and Nora immediately whirled around to find him standing behind them. Despite the fact that she had been watching the door unconsciously all evening, she hadn’t noticed

"Uh, Nora. I’ll be back shortly. Please stay here and wait for me, okay?” Austin told her, a bead of sweat forming on his forehead. Nora watched him in amazement. Who was this woman who made him so nervous and why on earth did she make him nervous? “No, no. It’s not a problem. I was already leaving anyway. So, there’s no point in me waiting till you’re back. Let’s just go downstairs together so I can leave, and you can have enough time with your visitor.” Nora replied, wondering what the fuss was all about. “No, please. I’ll be back shortly. There’s something I need to tell you … uh, something that I want to show you. Hilda, go downstairs and tell Christina that I’ll be there shortly, okay?” Austin said, but it was obvious that he was lying about having something to show her. He was just grappling for excuses. “Hmmm. Okay, sure. I’ll stay put, but first, I need you to tell me something.” Nora said, sitting down on the bed. “Sure. What is it?” “Who the hell is that woman in your li

“The child's condition has worsened, Austin. I’m so sorry, but I don’t think he has much time left. We’ll try to make him as comfortable as possible in the meantime.” The doctor told Austin, who was sitting in a vacant chair and staring at his sleeping son … the son whom he hadn’t been there for in recent times. “B … but how is that possible? He looked so lively when he arrived at my place two days ago. How can things change so fast?” Austin asked, but he was not really talking to the doctor. He a total mess, considering that he hadn’t slept for more than 10 hours in the last three days combined. “We’ll try our best to keep him comfortable. Hopefully, he’ll pull through, but I don’t want to give you any false hopes. It’s not looking good at all.” “Alright, doctor. Thanks for letting me know.” Austin told the doctor, and the man left, after which Austin tried to get some sleep right there on the chair on which he was sitting. “Daddy … am I going to die?” A small voice asked not up t

Austin Lewis had always hated airports, and he did not think that the feeling was going to go away any time soon. The crowds, the noise, and the hustle and bustle, all irritated him to no end, but he had to pass through airports if he wanted to go for his business meetings.Maybe it was high time he looked into buying his own private plane, even if it was a small one. At least if he had his own plane, the stress of waiting in line to check in and the like would reduce greatly. Right now, he was waiting for his driver to come pick him up from the airport. As always, the man was running late, something that always annoyed Austin to no end. It was high time he fired the man and got a more competent employee, but for some reason, he always put off firing the man.As this thought crossed Austin’s mind, he spotted a small child, a boy, who was clearly having the time of his life chasing after a small wall gecko. Austin smiled to himself, remembering another little boy a lifetime away who ha