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.

her hands into fists

Mistress?

And yet, she couldn't even say

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

ex-girlfriend. Just thinking about it made her feel like a cat was clawing at

ran dry. She was the legal wife but she

that wasn't

the mood to work that day. So, she went to the office to ask Ryan

found him seated in his swivel chair wearing different clothes from the ones he wore the

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

didn't even look bothered that

sick?" Ryan asked nonchalantly, his gray

not feeling well," Larisa replied, trying to swallow the lump in her

wanted to ask him where he had spent the night

and hearing it from the horse's mouth were two different

when Larisa didn't move, he arched an eyebrow and

head. She couldn't help but feel disappointed. Ryan didn't even attempt to explain

the company and went to the parking lot. However, she bumped into someone in the

Williams- the

vulnerable, giving the people around her 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 to meet

she didn't expect to meet Ivy so

the past three years," Ivy added with a smile on

was just a caretaker! Was she indirectly asking her to back off now that

doing my duty as his wife," Larisa replied through