Her Return, His Regret by Natie

"Ryan, thank you for doing this with me," Ivy remarked as Ryan pushed her wheelchair into a gemstone boutique. "I thought you were being forced to marry me but seeing you accompany me here gives me hope.'

"Can you do your business fast, I have things to do," Ryan replied, his jaw tight.

He wanted to be anywhere but there... shopping for rare stones that would be used for their engagement jewelry with Ivy made him feel empty.

Why was he even doing this? Was it worth it?

Was this really the solution?

Did he want to marry Ivy and live in a loveless marriage again?

Would he be able to forget about Ivy's real face? To be honest, when she stole Lora's work and accused Lora of plagiarism, Ivy lost her image in Ryan's eyes.

She might have gotten hurt while saving him, but was marrying her really the best way to repay her for her legs?

"Ryan, what do you think of this rare pink stone? I think it would look good on my engagement ring," Ivy's voice brought Ryan back to the present.

He lazily glanced at the stone glittering under soft lighting and nodded. "It's ok."

Ivy bit her lower up, stopping herself from throwing a tantrum. She could tell that Ryan was only there physically, his mind, soul and heart were somewhere else.

He showed no interest in their engagement ceremony. It was like he wasn't a part of it.

Forcing a smile, she said, "I'll pick this one and I'll choose a blue one for you. I want our engagement rings to be unique. I'll design them myself."

something that she would wear for her engagement. She wanted to surprise Ryan and possibly make him forget about

the thought but her smile faltered when she

those two doing here?' She thought in her mind, her

sure enough, she found him looking at

of her wheelchair tightly. 'I'll

Lora and Jason! Let's

they noticed her, she smiled and said, "Lora, good to see you here. I didn't expect to see you and your boyfriend shopping for rare stones like Ryan and I. Are you trying to get rare stones to make couple rings too?" Lora furrowed her eyebrows. What did this troublemaker

wait for Lora's response. She grabbed Ryan's hand and uttered, "Ryan and I had finally set a date for the engagement ceremony. We are here to get materials for our engagement rings." Lora

send you an invitation card. You will come, won't you? After all, our fathers are close friends. I expect you to come and support me and maybe you can be my

had already cut ties with Ryan and didn't want anything to do with him. As she was about to

attend as a couple," Jason

tightened and his stomach churned from

spark of jealousy in

pecking her cheek and saying, "I'm sorry I accepted

you for accepting. By the way, did you two really come to get rare

I'm here to choose a rare stone for my piece of male jewelry that Miss L designed specifically for me." Ryan clenched his jaw, his teeth grinding as jealousy

was serious about Jason seeing that she

Ryan and saw his angry face,

"That's so sweet of you, Lora. You must love Jason so much. I'm sure you two will get engaged soon, am I right?" Jason nodded and

as Ryan glared at Jason like he wanted to punch him in the

we get an invitation to your events

schemes. She didn't want to continue conversing with them,

"I'll come with you-"