Her Return, His Regret by Natie

Lora got down the stage, her smile reaching her eyes as everyone complimented her work. Indeed of all the things that had happened to her, this was her proudest moment.

Although she had failed in love, she had succeeded in being a mother and nurturing her talent. Seeing everyone so happy and willing to spend millions of dollars because of her work made her chest fill with pride.

As the crowd spread out to mingle and eat, Lora looked for her best friend who just came to join them in the hall.

When their eyes met, Bianca squealed and rushed to her friend before giving her a hug. "You look gorgeous, my friend! This dress looks good on you."

Lora sighed and replied, "I thought I looked good too until I knew where the dress came from."

Bianca's eyes widened and Lora pulled her to the side where it was quieter.

"Are you saying Jason got you the dress?" Bianca asked. "That's so romantic!"

"No... I thought It was Jason but turns out it was Ryan," Lora replied, her eyebrows creasing.

Bianca gasped, her eyes rounding at her friend. She exclaimed, "Wow! That's new... I never thought he was the type to buy someone a dress."

"If I knew it was him, I wouldn't have worn the dress," Lora said, her anger rising at the thought.

"Why not? The dress is stunning and it looks expensive... it's a gift and it won't mean anything if you don't want it to," Bianca pointed out.

"It's easier said than done, Bee. You should have seen the smirk on his face when he saw that I wore the dress he bought," Lora replied, rolling her eyes. She looked at Bianca and added, "Enough about the dress. What's going on? How did you show up at the party and as one of the models?"

Bianca sighed... she was still in the emerald green gown that she had modelled in. She replied, "It's a long story and you wouldn't believe it."

Lora arched an eyebrow and said, "Try me."

Bianca cleared her throat. She appeared to be hesitant to speak. However, just as she was about to say something, a deep voice resonated in the air, interrupting her.

"Hello, ladies!"

I'm Adan Nicholson, Ryan's best buddy." Although Adan's face

Could she really be....?

smiled and shook Adan's hand before saying, "Thank you, Mr Nicholson. It's nice to meet

tip of his tongue away and remarked, "The pleasure is all mine. If you don't mind, I would like to steal my dance partner for

she suddenly saw Adan offer Bianca his arm

widened slightly in shock. Bianca blushed

two came together?" Lora

explain later," Bianca said to Lora as she was dragged

an eyebrow at the two of them. Since when had those two been so close? This night

Lora could dwell on the issue, she suddenly heard

"Lora!"

whipped around

grin on her face. Diane was in a single-strap long gold gown n with her dark hair left to cascade down

Kingsley, Ryan's sister, do you remember me? We met last time in the restaurant," Diane said when she

before

arm before saying, "I loved those pieces of jewelry, my God! You're so good. No

and

see how he was looking at you when you two were dancing!" Diane squealed, her eyes twinkling when she looked at Lora who looked so much like Larisa. Diane used

but don't

Diane had always

two women chatting. He approached them and said to his niece, "Congratulations, Miss Davis." When Diane saw the man, she froze and her

her uncle was looking at her. She

and Diane raised her

uncle. Come to think of it, she didn't even