Her Return, His Regret by Natie

Chapter 11- Partnership

"Ivy, what are you doing?" Ryan asked when he returned, his voice bringing Ivy back to the present. His eyes lowered to the file in Ivy's hand and she placed it back on the table before smiling at him. She had wanted to go through it but Ryan returned before she could.

"Ryan, can I work in your new jewelry company?" Ivy requested.

Ryan frowned. He took a seat on his swivel chair and said, "Ivy-"

"You've always been taking care of me... I'm a jewelry designer too and I would like to be of help to you."

When Ivy said that, the folds between Ryan's eyebrows tightened. He thought about her condition and a complicated feeling crept into him.

"Do you think I can't manage to work in my condition?" Ivy asked in a soft, pitiful voice.

Guilt filled Ryan's heart and he didn't know how to say no to her without making her feel bad.

He cleared his throat and answered, "Of course you can work. You can join the company as one of the designers."

Ivy's eyes lit up when he agreed. She smiled and replied, "Thank you, Ryan. I'll do my best, I promise."

Ryan sighed as he glanced at Ivy. He said, "You don't need to push yourself hard."

Ivy nodded. When Ryan lowered his eyes to glance at his documents, he missed the sinister smile on Ivy's face.

"Ryan, are you going to have a meeting with Lora Davis?" Ivy asked.

glanced at Ivy and questioned, "How did you know about

Lawrence came through and said the meeting has been arranged," Ivy remarked. "Can I attend the meeting? Lora and I are both good at jewelry design, and I thought I could

of Ryan and Lora's

replied, "Sure...... You are already hired as my jewelry designer, and of course, you can

later, Lora Davis was waiting in the conference room at the Kingsley Group. She glanced at the door when it was opened and Ryan walked in, pushing Ivy who was in a wheelchair, followed by his

a beat. Every time he saw the woman's face, he felt an

because

couldn't help being drawn to her like a moth is drawn to

wasn't expecting to hear from you so soon,"

time, Lora had an indifferent look on her face as she said, "I'm a businesswoman and since your offer is beneficial to me and my

are your

to the designs and I expect you to be willing to make those corrections. To do that,

frowned. Why would she need to meet

regularly. You can let my assistant know if there's anything you

any design-related questions, I can communicate with Lora as a designer in

the CEO. It's time to seriously discuss the terms of the contract,

After all, I've never seen your work before. It's only natural that I would want to monitor the progress,"

She nodded, saying, "That's ok. I agree to the terms.

revenue and impressing the board

and signalled

to Lora and after she read through the terms and conditions, she took a pen

to her feet and said, "I'll start working on a new

Ryan called out when