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.

Larisa dance so intimately with another man

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

his all not to walk onto that dancefloor and rip them

feeling crept into her heart. 'Do you still have that bitch in your heart?' She

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

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Chapter 7- Strangers

Bennett?

she also had to compete with someone who

let anyone steal Ryan away from her! He

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

Larisa was an

the woman on the dancefloor and saw how she moved with expertise. Larisa never knew how to dance

saw her remains

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

the tight feeling in his chest. He felt like he was missing

just finished greeting and getting introduced to most of

alone, Ryan left Ivy's

Davis," he said in a deep

the man's voice, Lora turned to look at him. Ryan's heart skipped a beat when their

Those hazel eyes...

close, she looked more identical to Larisa Bennett. Was she

Lora's soft voice reached his

there was no familiarity in the way