Love at first sight

It was His Mum’s birthday and he was in a hurry to go get her a present.

Sterling Hawthorn , The CEO of HAWTHORN’S HEAVEN hurried out of the car to go inside the Jewelry Store but bumped in to a lady.

He couldn’t see her face clearly as her face was covered with a veil but he saw her sparkling grey eyes.

“ I’m sorry”

Her voice echoed in his ears like a morning bell. He watched her hurried out of the Store after handing over his card to him.

As he watched her drove away from that place, His heart went away with her.

He has never felt that way before in his life. The only woman his heart had beat for was his Mum but it beat for another woman again.

Worse, he didn’t even know who she was or where was heading to.

Lost in his own thought of that strange woman, Sterling was snapped out of his dreams by a Young lady who was standing at the door.

“ Mr. Hawthorn, Please go in” She said professionally.

Sterling Hawthorn was well known in that jewelry shop every year on the same very date.

He never missed going to that Store to get his Mum fancy jewelry for her birthday every year.

Sterling hurriedly picked out one of the Jewelry from the glass, handed it over to the cashier to be packaged.

“ Here, Mr. Hawthorn. Happy birthday to Mrs. Hawthorn” The lady smiled at him.

Sterling smiled back , took the package from her and hurried out again.

Everyone in that city knew him to be a man of few words. Sterling mostly used sign language to communicate with people and that made them wondered if he was dumb.

Aside from that, He was always in an hurry too. He was a well known Business tycoon , so, People referred to him as an hardworking man.

“ Happy birthday, Mother” Sterling Brushed the tiny hairs on her forehead aside and placed a kiss on her forehead.

His now old Mum, Lay on the hospital bed with her eyes closed. It has been Three Month’s already since she went in to coma.

Despite that the Doctors already told him that some of her organs were loosing function, Sterling didn’t lose hope that she would wake up one day.

He brought out the Necklace in it’s package and placed it on her neck. The red color shone brightly on her neck and he smiled.

“ I wish you could open your eyes to see this, Mum” He placed another kiss on her forehead.

Sterling took back the necklace inside the package and shoved it inside his pocket. He would give it to her when she wakes up one day.

“ I have to go now, Mum. I’ll be back tomorrow” He fixed his eyes on her, hoping she would open her eyes at that moment but she didn’t .

Sterling touched her forehead , placed a kiss on her cheek before leaving the VIP ward.

Outside the ward, A young man dressed in black suit and a blue tie stood facing the door with papers in his hands.

“ Mr. Hawthorn” He bowed his head but sterling only nodded his head. “ Here are the papers you requested, Boss”

Sterling took the papers from him, glanced at them for a while and then gave it back to him.

“ Reading through the first line, I can already see grammatical errors in it. Return it back to the secretary, I want it to be edited and sent to me by 2am”

His Assistant bowed his head. The secretary was even Lucky that he said 2am and not 3am.

He could count the number of Secretaries that has resigned that week and those that were fired for not working well.

Sitting on the armchair in his study room in the mansion, Sterling couldn’t take his mind off the woman he saw earlier.

Who was she and where was she from? Sterling didn’t know. But the more he tried to brush her thought aside, The more his mind tells him she was in trouble and needed his help.

Beep! Beep!

He called Assistant Li on the phone. Assistant Li was his Home’s Assistant while Assistant Mike was his Office’s Assistant.

“ Come in to the study room” Sterling instructed and dropped the phone.

As soon as the phone touched the desk, The door to the Study room opened slowly and a young lad already in his Pajamas hurried inside.

“ You called, Boss” He bowed his head. Sterling nodded his head in affirmation. He did Called and what he wanted him to do for him was an important one.

“ I want you to…” He was interrupted by his own thought. Sterling was going to order him to find out who the woman he saw at the Store was, But the Assistant wasn’t with him at that moment.

None of his entourages were with him, he went alone and returned alone.

“ No need” He gestured to him to leave the study room. “ Boss, tell me what it is and I’ll do it right away” He adjusted the glass on his face.

“ Leave” Sterling said under his breath. “ Boss I assure you I’ll ...”

“ Leave!” Sterling thundered. Assistant Li took a pace and ran out of the study room..

He could swear his legs didn’t touch the ground when he was running because His Boss’s voice was so loud and sounded like a thunder.

Sterling sighed deeply, He stood up from the Arm chair and exited the study room.

Thinking about that woman wouldn’t do him any Good as he didn’t even know how he was going to find her.

He didn’t even see her face well. All he saw was her sparkling eyes that had a hint of hardship in them.

Maybe that was why he fell in love with her, he didn’t know. But who is she? Where can he find her?

Sterling had no idea. He had bumped in to countless Women before but the way that lady behaved, It attracted him towards her.

She wasn’t rough, Full of herself or like other women would do whenever they saw him.

“ I’ll find you, My mysterious woman” a smile escaped the side of his lips.