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.

creased. He glanced at Ivy and

meeting? Lora and I are both good at jewelry design, and I thought I could be of help when you guys sign the

make sure she knew all the details of Ryan and Lora's collaboration, making sure they didn't spend more time together after the

nodded and replied, "Sure...... You are already

glanced at the door when it was opened and Ryan walked in, pushing Ivy who was in a

a beat. Every time he

it be because

help being drawn to her like a moth is

good to see you. I wasn't expecting to hear from you so

the same 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 company, there's no way I'll turn it down." Ryan nodded. He chuckled and replied, "Nice. I love how decisive you are. So, shall we

are your terms?" Lora

contract. While working on designs for the company, I expect you to cooperate with me at all times. I might need to make some alterations to the designs and I expect you to be willing to make those corrections. To do that, I need you to work closely with

meet Ryan

I won't have the time to meet you regularly. You can let my assistant know

always busy. If you have any design-related questions, I can communicate with

terms of the contract, not the design." Ryan interrupted Ivy and looking at Lora, he

are no mistakes. After all, I've never seen your work before. It's only natural that I would want to monitor the progress," Ryan said.

way to avoid Ryan. She nodded, saying, "That's ok. I agree to the terms. However, my terms are that we share the profit

and impressing the board members

smiled and signalled his

Lora and after she read through the

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

when Lora was about