Her regrets
Author: Cilia's Pen
last update2022-12-17 19:56:29

~ Lauren ~

The aura that welcomed me when I surfaced into his office was quite scary and unusual. Regardless, I set my bag on the table and settled on a seat.

'You asked to see me. Is there a problem?' I asked since he's not talking to me first.

'What do you think, Lauren? You think I'll remain calm after all I did?' he bawled, causing me to jump in my seat.

I'm not able to grasp what he's really trying to say.

'I don't understand you. What are you talking about?'

He scowled, his eye balls bulging as they stare into mine.

'i don't want to believe you've not heard about it'

I shrugged my shoulders. 'Whatever this 'it' is, I sure haven't heard anything'.

He shook his head scornfully, reached for a Newspaper on his table and threw it at me.

My mind broke in to puzzles. He's never been like this towards me. What's with his change in behavior?

'Are you going to read that or continue staring at me?'

I got a grip on myself, transferred all of my attention on the papers he threw at me. The first thing that caught my sight was the picture of my ex boyfriend, Dylan sitting at the top right of the front page. I sat upright, carefully read the headlines that followed.

'The Lost Son of Chairman Forbes has been found. Will he mount his rightful position as the Heir of the Forbes?'. 

My pupils dilated and watered for staring too long without blinking. Am I caught up in some sort of dream. I snickered, single handedly answered my questions. 'Of course, it's a dream. This can't be real.' I thought out loud.

'This isn't a dream. This is real!! That's Dylan. Your ex.. Now that he's realized who he is, I think I'm going to be fired anytime from now… Stupid me. Some days ago, I reached out to tell him to stop coming to work.' He ran his hair through his tousled hair. 'What am I going to do now? How will I handle this situation?. He's going to come for me soon. I know it..' he continued to lament.

'How is this even possible?'

'Does that matter? The main thing here is that he's an heir to the company that invests in ours. He's the boss now. He's in charge. We should be thinking of ways to get on his good side now'

I let out a short laugh. 'Good side? You don't realize how bad we treated him. Do you?. Even if you try to be nice in another life, he's going to ward you off like an outcast!' I sneered, grabbed my purse and proceeded to leave. I need an alone time to sort out my thoughts.

He crossed my path. 'You're right but if you do plead with him. He's going to consider you. Isn't he? After all, his love for you is unrequited!'

~~

I pushed up my hair into a pony tail, suddenly annoyed at how it wouldn't lay still. A turmoil of emotion was raging within me. I felt angry, frustrated and my infuriation continues to get intense due to the way I hear his name everywhere I visited today. The past began to haunt me.

If only I had stayed a little longer, maybe I would'nt be suffering any regrets now. I sighed for the umpteenth time and directed my gaze to the dark sky. It appeared as though there'll be a downfall anything from now. 

'Who would have ever thought a mere commoner like him was a wealthy human all along! Did he know all of these? Was he under a disguise all along? I rolled my eyes, judging my thoughts to be crazy. Scenarios like that only happens in movies… I was wrong to think there's never going to be hope for him and yet, fate has decided to play its cards… Against me especially.

I entered the club, dropped my mini purse on the counter.

  "A strong drink please." I said to the bartender.

He smiled at me and I guessed what was coming next.. an unnecessary conversation. "What is it that's bothering a pretty lady like you?'He smirked

I glared at him in response, 'I'm not here to answer darned questions from you. I'm here for a drink. Attend to me and keep your loose mouth in check!' I mentioned with so much hostility.

  "Why?" He chuckled.

",I don't have time for this please," I snapped at him. 'Don't be a jerk. I don't want to really make you regret starting up a convo with me this night'

I stared at him head on. My mere glances daring him to say one more word.

He recoiled.

'Oh.... Hold up, pretty lady. I'll make your drink while you keep your attitude."

 I clicked my tongue at him and rubbed my temple, headache was settling in slowly.

 I got the drink quicker than expected but from another barman. I must have really scared the first one off.

"Have you heard of the new billionaire in town?? The newly realized son of Chairman Forbes. He's the talk of the town now…" I hear two women gossiping behind me.

 'Isn't his name Dylan?' A woman from another table who seemed interested butted in.

'He was Dylan. Now, he's Christain Forbes'

'I see. He sure has a very striking resemblance with his father.

' Ughh!!" I groaned. Why do they have to talk about him everywhere!! Isn't it enough that I'm haunted by the fact that he is now rich and I am just there??!

"Since he is the heir, he would need an heiress, don't you think?" The women continued to converse.

"Of course. He would surely need one."

"Do you think we fit into his categories of ladies?"

"No!!" I wanted to scream at them, but I kept my cool instead chug down the whole content in the cup instead.

 'Fit into his category, my foot. He's father is possibly arranging a wealthy wife for him now..' another affirmed.

We would probably be married now and just taking

 a tour around the whole world.

"Another drink!" I snap at the bartender.

I treated him like an abandoned, neglected and pitiful child. A thought crossed my mind and I held my head up high for a moment. I have the right to say I had a part in him becoming who he is today. He just needs to see it. I should let him know.

 "Shit!!" I swore under my breath, "I should have gone to the hospital to visit when he had that accident." Another worry creeped in. 

Why do I keep missing out in such life changing opportunities like that??!

Is there a possibility he doesn't remember me anymore?? Maybe we can start afresh, together. Young, in love and swimming with money..

The first guy who attend to me appeared now, his eyes eager as if bursting to say something.

 ,"What is it? I asked 

He motioned for me to move closer so he can whisper into my ears.

I roll my eyes at his dramatic-ness 

 "Do you know that the heir to Forbes company has been found?'

'Enough already!' I growled and furiously exited the club.

Continue to read this book for free
Scan the code to download the app

Latest Chapter

  • Fired

    There are no real friendships, no true relationships, and even if the feelings somehow turn genuine, they're immediately muddled by the talks of business and incessant urges to tie the knot in marriage if the family is a favourable one. Only if the family is a favourable one. If it isn't then they do everything to ruin those feelings and create discord between the ones involved. It was a messy life filled with pretense, politics and numbers. It made me sick to the bones. My father has apparently disowned me because I have yet again disappointed him after he fixed a wedding for me without my knowledge. I found out at the last second and fled, causing a effect I didn't quite expect and I didn't regret either. Apparently, I underestimated the publicity of this particular event and it spread pretty quickly that the daughter of one of the most influential businessmen in the country ran away from her wedding. People were quick to point fingers at my father, accusing him of forcing his

  • A Mail

    Raising a kid isn't exactly easy, you know," she said. "We're not suffering yet, but we're struggling. I would very much like to walk away from her, give you the middle finger and pray you die in an accident on your way back, but I can't." I flinched as she said those words. I forgot that she was also quite emotionally violent when she wants to be. "Why not?" She chuckled at my question. "Weird. Normally, one would be happy when they realize that they can't be cursed to death." I shrugged. "I can't say that I don't deserve it. Sometimes I wish for the same thing too." She gave a surprised look before continuing. "We need help, and even though you are a heartless, devilish, godforsaken, rotten, disgusting piece of shit, you have the ability to help us. You are rich and we aren't. Raising my daughter has been the greatest joy of my life even with our current situation, so raising her in a comfortable environment where she would be happy promises to bring even better joy. Despite t

  • A Humble request

    The aroma of sizzling seafood pleasantly assaulted my nostrils as I looked around in search of the blonde beauty I came here for. I found her at the far corner of the restaurant sitting by a window wall and staring directly at me. I tensed up for a few seconds at the intensity of her stare but eventually relaxed as I walked towards her table. Even if I'm apologetic, I still have a reputation to uphold. I'm not gonna appear weak in front of her. "Hi, Donna," I flashed my best smile at her as I sat down on the seat opposite hers. "Hi," she said, her melodious voice filtering into my ears like a song. "It's...uh...nice to see you again," I said awkwardly. "I can't say the same, sorry," she shrugged. "I'd rather be with my child right now, or working." "Speaking of your child," I looked around her. "Where is.....your child?" "You don't know the gender, do you?" she asked and I shamefully looked away. I couldn't bring myself to answer that. "Well, she's okay, and happy where she is."

  • Meeting Donna

    AUDREY HEPBURN I calmly exited my room once I was done with my exaggerated preparations to meet Donna. The maids gave me an apprehensive look as I made my way down the stairs before bowing respectfully as they hurried past me to do their jobs. "Good morning, sir," they said before heading in multiple directions and focusing on their chores. Even then, I could feel the tension in the air caused by my presence. "Everyone's acting like I'm the first person to attempt a murder on planet earth," I thought as I rolled my eyes. "There's a woman literally being called the worst human in the country and they just wouldn't ignore my little transgression." "Good morning, Audrey my boy," a calm sonorously thin voice greeted from behind me and placed a small frail hand on my back. "You look good today." I turned around with a sigh of relief as the old but beautiful nanny Helen graced me with her beautiful smile. She's been my nanny ever since I can remember and devoted all of her life to raisi

  • Free but not free

    AUDREY HEPBURN The alarm clock blared in my ear causing me to slam it quiet with a groan. Rolling over on my bed, I let out a sigh. "I don't want to leave my room today." Just like every other day, I don't want to have to leave this room. I don't deserve to. My world has been turned upside down since that incident with Christian and sincerely, it's all my fault. I can't even blame it on anyone else. At the time, it seemed like the best course of action but now that I think about it, attempting to kill your step brother just because of a misunderstanding is quite extreme and malicious. Especially if it turns out that the woman you believed to be your mother was a lying bitch and you were infact biological brothers with the same step brother you tried to kill. That just brings it to a whole other level of terror. That was exactly what I did and now I feel like shit. For the most part of my life, I've always seen Christian as my step brother. I've always envied him, hated that he

  • Fired

    There are no real friendships, no true relationships, and even if the feelings somehow turn genuine, they're immediately muddled by the talks of business and incessant urges to tie the knot in marriage if the family is a favourable one. Only if the family is a favourable one. If it isn't then they do everything to ruin those feelings and create discord between the ones involved. It was a messy life filled with pretense, politics and numbers. It made me sick to the bones. My father has apparently disowned me because I have yet again disappointed him after he fixed a wedding for me without my knowledge. I found out at the last second and fled, causing a effect I didn't quite expect and I didn't regret either. Apparently, I underestimated the publicity of this particular event and it spread pretty quickly that the daughter of one of the most influential businessmen in the country ran away from her wedding. People were quick to point fingers at my father, accusing him of forcing his

More Chapter
Explore and read good novels for free
Free access to a vast number of good novels on MegaNovel app. Download the books you like and read anywhere & anytime.
Read books for free on the app
Scan code to read on App