Her Return, His Regret by Natie

"Sir, there's been a cyberattack on your personal assets!" Lawrence Scott, Ryan's assistant, reported.

Ryan furrowed his eyebrows. He had a question mark on his face as he said, "That's not possible. My assets are well protected."

"Clearly they are not, Sir. This hacker was able to log into the system and made you lose a hundred million dollars. They've also hacked into your crypto portfolio and distributed one hundred thousand Bitcoin tokens to other traders," Lawrence explained. Ryan furrowed his eyebrows. He opened his portfolio and sure enough, his bitcoin had been tampered with. As he was assessing the impact of the attack, his screen suddenly blinked and a message popped up. [This is for hurting your wife.]

'My wife? Larisa?' Ryan's heart skipped a beat when he read the message.

Did someone know Larisa and how she died six years ago? Was this their way of making him pay for not saving her?

Ryan's heart clenched with guilt and his stomach churned as the image of the warehouse going up in flames flashed through his mind.

"Sir, I've told the tech team to trace the IP address of the hacker. I'll also report to the police immediately-"

"No," Ryan remarked firmly. His jaw was tight as he tried to rein in his emotions. "Don't call the police."

Lawrence's eyes widened. He hesitated and said, "B-But Sir... You've lost a lot of money-"

"It's fine. It's just a few million dollars. I'm a billionaire," Ryan remarked cockily, but the smirk couldn't reach his eyes.

Lawrence fell silent, seeing the pained look in Ryan's eyes that he was trying to hide. 'Since when is the boss so generous?' He mused.

When Lawrence left, Ryan laughed at himself mockingly. If there was someone out there wanting to make him pay for Larisa's death, then so be it.

he could do so... Now he had to live with the guilt

the Kingsley mansion, Charles was on a video call with Ella and

can we call you big grandpa?" Ella

and it could be confusing. So, you can call me big Grandpa!"

to meet his

he asked, "So, do you still not want me to tell

he still hasn't

when he saw how angry Ethan was. As an adult, he knew the

said, "I won't tell him but I'll

Kingsley's mansion where he had been staying the past

"Grandpa, why are you still awake? What did the doctor say about getting enough rest?" "Getting enough rest is not the problem here. Ryan, are you really going to make your engagement with Ivy

few seconds. He sighed and answered,

narrowing his eyes at Ryan. "She's a vicious woman and I don't

because of me. I have to take responsibility for

yelled. "Larisa died because you neglected her. Why didn't you take responsibility for her? She was

red. He hated being reminded of how he failed

you kidding me? She's dead! How am I supposed to take responsibility for her... I can't even ask for forgiveness because she no longer

the anguished look on his face. He sighed heavily and asked, "Are you sure Larisa is dead?

Memories of how he secretly looked for Larisa flashed through his mind No one apart from his best friend knew Ryan was in denial that Larisa was dead. So, he spent a lot of time

looked, he couldn't find anything about Larisa