Her Return, His Regret by Natie

Chapter 7- Strangers

Ryan was stunned.

Everything about the woman on the stage reminded him of his dead wife.

Her face, her body, her voice... there was an uncanny resemblance between the two women.

He frowned as he watched Lora Davis give her speech.

'Larisa, is that you?' He asked in his mind and a complicated look crossed his face.

Lora Davis finished her speech and got down the stage. The MC then announced that she was to open the dance floor with her male companion, Jason Anderson, a mysterious young man who appeared to be a handsome new face in Moonstone City. He was tall with a lean body and he had sandy brown hair with brown eyes.

The man, dressed in a three-piece gray suit, walked towards Lora with a charming smile. In front of everyone, he held out his hand to Lora and asked, "May I have this dance, Lora?"

Lora smiled and placed her hand in his. They moved to the dancefloor and began to dance to the music.

Jason glanced at Lora as they danced. He smiled at her and remarked, "Congratulations, boss lady."

Lora chuckled and answered, "Thank you, Jason."

"I'm the happiest man in the room right now, and I bet the men who are watching are jealous of me," Jason said, looking into Lora's eyes.

"Oh Jason, you'll always be so flirtatious," Lora happily replied.

"As the youngest female CEO in Moonstone City and the mysterious daughter of the Davis family, it's all enough to make all the men crazy about you," Jason continued.

"Jason, you're also at the center of attention. You're the new mysterious CEO who just moved to Moonstone City. Seriously, I've known you for so many years, and you are still just as mysterious," Lora quipped at her friend. Meanwhile, Ryan's jaw was clenched for some reason.

like Larisa dance so intimately with another man ignited an indescribable flame of jealousy in his

wife... but why did he feel so angry and frustrated seeing this strange woman with

like someone was squeezing his heart. It took his all not to walk onto that dancefloor and rip them

hands into tight fists as a bitter feeling crept into her heart. 'Do you still

been six years and Ryan was yet to marry her... could it be

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Chapter 7- Strangers

Bennett?

did she have to compete with a ghost, but she

She won't let anyone

you think she looks like Larisa?" Ivy suddenly asked, getting Ryan's attention. "How I wish she was Larisa. I've been thinking about her all the time for the past six years, and I've been blaming myself all the time. If it weren't for you saving me, Larisa wouldn't be... But how could Lora Davis be Larissa? She's not the one. How can she be the daughter of a rich

course, Larisa was an orphan with no relatives. There was no

glanced at the woman on the dancefloor and saw how she moved with expertise. Larisa never knew how to dance and she hated attending such

right... there's no way she's Larisa. I saw her remains myself, Ryan said in his

but he sounded like he was trying to

he couldn't shake off the tight feeling in his chest. He felt like he was missing

introduced to most of the

Ryan left Ivy's side and approached

Davis," he said in a deep

Lora turned to look at

Those hazel eyes...

looked more identical to Larisa Bennett. Was she really

Lora's soft voice

she was polite, he could tell that there was no familiarity in the way