Her Return, His Regret by Natie

Chapter 34- Trouble

"Grandpa, what's going on? What's the emergency?" Ryan asked worriedly when they got to Charles' study.

Charles cleared his throat. He sat back in his chair and said, "Before we get to that... there's something I want to ask you. As Lora's work partner, what do you think of her?"

Ryan frowned, not knowing why his grandfather asked that question. He replied, "Lora's very talented, Grandpa. Her skills are unlike anything I've ever seen before... It's a pity our partnership ended, she would have been a great asset to our Jewelry company." Charles studied his grandson, a knowing glint in his eyes. He knew his grandson so well and knew that Ryan was already seeing Lora in a new light, although Ryan himself was unaware of this.

He smiled and remarked, "Knowing how it's not easy to impress you, you must have a high opinion of Lora Davis for you to speak so highly of her."

Ryan shrugged and said, "Well, she's good at what she does, Grandpa."

Charles let out a chuckle. He grinned and replied, "What an interesting lady she is, huh? I thought she was just a young lady who was found by her parents later in her life. Who knew she's Miss L? I'm a fan of Miss L's designs!"

"A fan?" Ryan arched an eyebrow. his grandfather. "Since when are you a fan of jewelry, Grandpa?"

"You don't know everything about your old man, Ryan. In my younger days, I used to rock male jewelry and I would make the ladies swoon with my handsomeness," Charles remarked seriously.

Ryan shook his head at his grandfather's words. He asked, "Can you tell me what the emergency is now, Grandpa?"

"The emergency is that I want to meet Lora aka Miss L. Please invite her home."

Ryan, ""

"Are you for real, Grandpa? I thought something serious happened to the company," Ryan uttered.

Charles glared at his grandson and remarked, "This is something serious, I never knew Lora was the mysterious Miss L when I met her and didn't give her the treatment a legend like her deserves. Invite her home, Sonny. I would also like to engage Miss L in a personal project."

"A personal project?" Ryan eyed his grandfather suspiciously. "And what might that be?"

"I need to place an order, Ryan. I may be old but I would still look hot with male jewelry," Charles remarked. "So, when do you think you can bring her home?"

Ryan furrowed his eyebrows. Lora made it clear that she didn't want anything to do with him. How could he suddenly invite her home? He shook his head and replied, "Grandpa, I don't think she will-"

an emergency!

relented. After all, his grandfather had

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hid a smile when Ryan

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work on a Monday morning and went straight to the conference room to attend the emergency meeting

room was thick with tension as the board members had a heated

themselves.

from the hallway as she

shrugged and replied, "I have no idea, Ma'am. I was told to call you in for the emergency

conference room, she heard her father's voice

everyone. Lora will

have any managerial skills. How car manage to lead a company when a shipment of goods got lost the moment she took over?"

Davis

the preferred candidate for the CEO position before

during the handover and recently

words, the other board members agreed with

we can't dispute that she's a genius designer. Perhaps the department of design would best suit her scope of work," Craig Hendrix, Lewis' father, chipped

seat and everyone glanced at her. As soon as she took a seat, one of the board members

under your watch, what do you have to say about that? How

come I wasn't informed about the missing shipment

Miss Davis, I used to run things around here. However, ever since you took over, things in the company have been chaotic. This is the first time we are losing a shipment and the goods in that container are worth a fortune. I called for this meeting to discuss how we are

"As the managing director, who do you report to? Is it

clenched his hands into fists at that question. He replied

Miss Davis."

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have solved it by now and there would be no

missing shipment, Miss Davis?" Lewis