The billionaire's comeback: the lover she never forgot

It was a bright and warm morning and Celeste hummed as she dressed up for work;she does that always whenever she was excited and today she was exhilirated. She would be closing off the biggest deal in her career.A lot was counting on this deal, her chance to show her dad's employees that she is capable and deserving of her position and to make her father proud. Putting on the final touch which was the lipstick,she smacked her lips, smiled into the looking mirror, swayed her hair to the side and walked out to the dining hall. "Someone is looking heavenly today" Her father;mr Adams, who sat at the head of the table which was grand enough to sit fifteen people. "Morning daddy " Celeste said smiling ear to ear as she walked over to her dad to give him a chin kiss. "Morning princess, aren't you going to eat something before leaving?" Her dad asked " I don't think I can stomach anything this morning, I'm too excited and on edge " Celeste replied smiling "Rubbish! at least have some toast and tea before you leave" Mr Adams said sternly " ugh! fine " Celeste said settling into the chair beside her father "Raina! please bring Celeste some toast and tea" Raina was the housekeeper. "Done" Celeste said few minutes later standing up. "what?! you're not even halfway finished " Mr Adams exclaimed " I really can't eat anything anymore, and besides I need to get going, if I stay any longer I'm going to be late and I still need to review the papers to make sure everything is perfect" Celeste rambled on in one breath. Her father took her hand and smiled gently at her. " Now don't be too nervous, you'll do well, you've been on this project for months and you've worked hard , you're just going over so the other party can sign" "Yeah I know, I just can't help feeling nervous" Celeste said " And that's perfectly normal, but don't be too nervous or you'll ruin all the work you've put into it. Remember the company needs this project and I put you in charge because I knew you could do it, okay?" Celeste nods and smiled "Now go out there and make daddy proud" "I will" Celeste replied leaning in for a hug before taking her bag and rushing out. Celeste walks out to find her assistant,Tony ending a phone call looking extremely distressed. She walks over to him. "News?" Celeste asked " Yes, and I don't know if its bad or good " Tony replied while proceeding to open the door for her and going over to the driver's seat himself. " well, spill it" "well, there's news that the company has been sold and merged" "What?!!!!!!" Celeste shrieked in anger. "When did that happen?" Celeste asked. "Apparently since the last time we met the previous CEO " Tony replied looking wary. "And you just found out about this now?!!!!" "There was no news of it, I just got an inside tip this morning " Tony replied in a small voice "It has to be one of our rival companies, which company is it?" Celeste asked "Apparently it's an extremely big company with lots of branches, and it's not one of our rival companies " Tony explained ,parking as they reached the company. Celeste came out of the car and turned to Tony. "What's the company new name?" Celeste asked "CK" Tony replied. Celeste felt a wave of familiarity hit her at the mention of that name. **Flashback** "When you set up your own company, what do you wanna name it?" Snuggled in his chest , Celeste asked smiling. " Probably something with both our names in it, like ... I don't know. I can't think of one right now" "Why? I thought you'd already have a bunch of names you want to name it" " I do, it's just that my chain of thoughts don't exactly go in a chain-like manner when I'm with you" " Can you be serious for once?" Celeste said giggling . " I am serious" "How about CK?, C for me, K for you" Celeste asked looking up at you but he just stared into her eyes as if completely mesmerized. "You're so beautiful when you get serious " He replied in a husky voice leaning in to capture her lips. **End of flashback** "CK?" Celeste repeated to be sure she'd heard correctly. " Yeah, you've heard of it?" Tony asked " No, no" Celeste replied, shaking her head and shaking away the thought that creeped into her head. "There's no way" she though to herself as she walked in with her assistant. They were led into the meeting room where two men and women sat waiting. They started discussion in earnest and Celeste was relieved at the back of her mind that her premonition wasn't true and that the meeting was going really well. " You must have gone through our proposals and contracts already, so I just want to know. Where do we stand here?" Celeste asked. " Indeed we have, but the decision lies with our new CEO " Celeste straightened, a calm smile resting on her lips. "And will he be joining us anytime soon?" "He's already here" Celeste felt a total brain shutdown upon hearing that voice.' It's impossible, it just can't be. All that nervousness must be getting to me '. "Mrs Adams ".Now that one sounded way too real. Celeste turned slowly and felt the hitching or rather the stopping of her heart when she set her eyes upon him. He was staring straight into her eyes with those black siren eyes that was capable of seeing through everything she was. He walked in slowly with the confidence she always knew he had in him but was just never able to show it, now he was overflowing with it. Celeste stared unblinking at him. Yes it was him in the flesh, but something or rather a lot had changed about him and it wasn't just the chest that was broader or the freaking sexier look. He took a seat right in front of her and gave her that penetrating look again. "We meet again, cel" He said whispering the last part. Celeste jolted out of her reverie and really stared at the man in front of her, she could see the confusion on everyone's face especially her assistant but she couldn't look away from him, she couldn't think of anything but him at that moment. HIM. The other half of her soul. The one she couldn't stop loving. The one who completed and broke her. The one who promised forever and vanished like a ghost. THE ONE . .KHALID. Now he was back.