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

couldn't be his wife... but why did he feel so angry and

onto that dancefloor and rip them apart. From the side, Ivy

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

years and Ryan was yet to marry

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Chapter 7- Strangers

Bennett?

compete with a ghost, but she also

in her heart. She won't let anyone steal

"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

Larisa was an orphan with no relatives. There was no way she could

dancefloor and saw how she moved with expertise. Larisa never knew how to

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

right... Larisa is gone," he muttered but he sounded like he was

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

introduced to most of the high-ranking guests. Jason excused himself to pick up a call and left

her alone, Ryan left

evening, Miss Davis," he said in a deep

at him. Ryan's heart skipped a beat

Those hazel eyes...

she looked more identical to Larisa Bennett.

evening," Lora's soft

there was no familiarity in the way she