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.

Ivy and questioned, "How

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

knew all the details of Ryan and Lora's collaboration, making sure they

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

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

glanced at Lora and his heart skipped a beat. Every time he saw the woman's face, he felt an

it be because she

help being drawn to her like a moth is drawn to

I wasn't expecting to hear from you

in the meeting room at 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

are your terms?" Lora

at all times. I might need to make some alterations to

meet Ryan regularly when she's just creating

the time to meet you regularly. You can let my

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

terms of the contract, not the design."

I just want to make sure there are no mistakes. After all, I've never seen your work before. It's

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

impressing the board members was all that she

and

handed a contract to Lora and after she read through the terms and conditions, she

her feet and said, "I'll start working

out when Lora was