Chapter 9 – The Regretful Billionaire: Victoria and Oscar Novel (Online Free)

Oscar froze on the spot as he saw Vicky walking away from him. Just as she did years ago. He wanted to say something. Perhaps tell her to stay but he was short of words. He watched as her hair bounced behind her and she took fast steps towards the exit of the cafe.

As far as Oscar remembered, he loved her hair. He loved when she put them down and wouldn’t hesitate to run his fingers through them..

But her hair was no longer straight. It was now wavy and was a different color, unlike the golden brown he was used to.

But that didn’t mean he wouldn’t recognize her with a different hair color.

Oscar snapped out of his thoughts when she was nowhere in sight anymore. He was torn between running after her but he knew that she would have escaped with the fast pace she took out of the cafe.

Oscar picked up his phone on the table and plopped down on the chair he was previously seated on and aggressively scrolled through his contact list.

Seeing the number he was looking for, Oscar dialed it immediately and waited for the person on the other end to answer.

“Good day, Boss.” The thick husky voice came through.

“What was the last update you gave me conceming Victoria.” He said with venom, trying hard to control the tone of his voice since he was in a public place.

“We couldn’t find anything about her, Sir.”

“Did my mother threaten you?”

“I don’t understand you, Sir. But No. Madam didn’t threaten me. We just didn’t find any information on her.”

“If I find out you’re lying to me, I swear I’m going to cut off your balls and feed them to the dogs”

“I just set my eyes on my Vicky here in Australia but she escaped me by chance before I could grab a hold of her. She’s also denying her identity so perhaps you should look that up too. I want to know all about her and I need a valid report in an hour.”

“I’ll get to work right away Sir.”

Oscar ended the call.

He was thinking of what he was going to do to maintain his sanity for the next one hour till he got a response when his eyes flashed towards the entrance door and he sighted her again.

He had no idea why his heart rate suddenly increased. But a part of him was glad that she was back. He felt a little excitement down there seeing that she was walking towards him but the excitement died down when she passed where he was seated and took a seat opposite a man in a dark blue suit.

Victoria dabbed the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief just to put the tears away. In as much as being in the same environment with him still made her feel a bit tense, she gathered enough courage and got down from the car with her handbag.

Vicky felt those particular eyes on her the moment she stepped back into the cafe but she ignored the reactions on her body by trying so hard not to look at him. She headed straight to the table her Client was.

“Miss Adlyn?” Vicky’s client rose to his feet the moment she approached the table reserved for them.

“Mr. Moore Cornell.”

He nodded when Vicky said his name

“Good afternoon, I’m so sorry for keeping you waiting. I’m deeply sorry about it.”

“It’s fine, Good afternoon.” She gave him a polite smile even though it didn’t reach her eyes. They shook hands after which they sat opposite each

other.

The Client waited for Vicky to take a seat, then he sat.

“You look beautiful?

“Thank you.” She said with a polite smile.

“Do you want anything before we go into details? Of course, it will be on my tab.”

“No, it’s fine.” She replied immediately, trying to hide the fact that she was nervous. Vicky honestly had no idea how long the meeting was going to be but she hoped it was going to be as quick as possible.

“I insist. It’s the least I can do for keeping you waiting.”

Knowing he might continue to bug her, she decided to give in to something. “I’ll have iced latte”

He nodded, called the attention of the waiter, and ordered two glasses of iced latte.

While the Client made conversations with the waiter, Vicky could feel that familiar eyes bore holes into her body but she tried not to think too much about it by distracting her mind.

“Do you know him?”

Vicky arched a confused brow. “The waiter?”

“No, the man behind us.”

Vicky swallowed painfully. “No. Why do you ask?”

“If it were possible for looks to kill then I think I would be buried long ago. He’s staring at you and at the same time, throwing an ugly glare at me.”

“Really?”

The client nodded.

“It must be some Maniac. Please let’s proceed with the meeting.” She said, refusing to look behind.

Vicky brought out her tab, then started the business conversation with Moore.

The convo lasted for about twenty minutes after which they decided to call it a day.

The said Twenty minutes were said to be one of the most tense couple of minutes Vicky had ever experienced. Oscar’s scare really made her uncomfortable. At some point. She was hoping he would leave but he didn’t, making her wonder if he had better things to do.

The moment the meeting was over, she tucked her tab and phone into her handbag and rose to her feet with the same emergence of someone who had a flight to catch.

Moore rose to his feet too.

“We hope to hear from your company soon. Thank you for having me.”

“Sure, see you soon.” They shook hands again after which Vicky turned to take her leave. She was only a few steps away when she felt a strong arm grab her by her hand.