Her Return, His Regret by Natie

In the morning, Larisa got up and went to the company on time although she didn't sleep all night.

"Have you seen the news? Ivy Williams has returned!" Tatiana Jenkins, one of the employees at the Kingsley group, remarked.

She was talking to her friend while they waited to get into the elevator. Behind them, Larisa kept quiet as they continued to talk about her as though she was invisible.

"You mean that jewelry designer?" The other colleague, Judy Brooks, asked.

"Yeah, she's not just an ordinary jewelry designer, she's also the only girlfriend our boss has ever admitted to dating in public. I heard she's his first love."

"Wow, but isn't it rumored that our boss and Larisa have some-?"

"Of course, not! She was just a mistress!"

"Haha! What a failure. She thought sleeping her way to the top would make the boss fall in love with her. Now that the woman that he loves has returned, I'm sure she's not only going to lose her position as the mistress, she's also going to lose her job." Larisa clenched her hands into fists. She gritted her teeth but didn't say anything. After all, her marriage was a secret only known to Ryan and his family.

She was Ryan's personal assistant but no one knew that the two had been married for three years.

Everyone just assumed she was Ryan's mistress because of how close they were. However, Ryan never corrected them and Larisa had no right to correct them either. Ryan made her promise to keep their marriage a secret.

The doors to the elevator opened and they all entered the elevator. Tatiana and Judy shared a look before continuing their conversation.

"If I were her, I would resign on my own. It's clear the boss has someone he loves. It's so degrading to cling to him like a desperate chick," Tatiana said, her words full of mockery.

"Hey... chill. She can hear you," Judy whispered loudly and laughed.

It seemed they were having fun at Larisa's predicament. They had been among the many women who were jealous of her closeness with Ryan Kingsley. Now that his real woman had returned, they found an opportunity to ridicule Larisa. "I'm just saying the truth. She's a mistress who's about to be abandoned now that the future Mrs Kingsley has returned to the city," Tatiana stated.

into fists at

Mistress?

yet, she couldn't even

returned home the previous night. He didn't even have the decency to call her

Just thinking

dry. She was the legal wife but she couldn't even speak out to defend her position. Could she

can she defend something that wasn't hers to

CEO's office. However, she wasn't in the mood to work that day. So, she

knocked and entered his office, she found him seated in his swivel chair wearing different clothes from the ones he wore the previous night. "You're late," Ryan said in

to ask for a one-day leave," Larisa requested, trying

didn't even look bothered that he

Ryan asked nonchalantly, his gray eyes studying Larisa's

replied, trying

night but

and hearing it from the horse's mouth were two

move, he arched an eyebrow

to explain where he had spent the night. He was acting like

the parking lot. However, she bumped

was none other than Ivy Williams- the

the urge to want to protect her. She was moving her smart wheelchair and stopped in front of Larisa, blocking her way. "So, you're Larisa, Ryan's wife? I'm Ivy. Nice

pale, she didn't expect to meet Ivy

in the past three years," Ivy added with

scoffed! She made it sound like she was just a caretaker! Was she indirectly

to thank me for doing my duty as his wife," Larisa