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.

had to live with the

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

you big grandpa?" Ella asked on the phone and Charles

be confusing. So, you can call me big

meet his great-grandchildren and he wished everyone knew about

at the screen, he asked, "So, do you still not want me to tell your father about

he still hasn't apologised to Mommy.

angry Ethan was. As an adult,

tell him but I'll make sure

while later, Ryan entered the Kingsley's mansion where he had been staying

Arching an eyebrow, he asked, "Grandpa, why are you still awake? What did the doctor say about getting enough rest?" "Getting enough rest is not the problem here.

fell silent for a few seconds. He sighed and answered, "Yes,

I don't want her as my granddaughter-in-law. How can

because of me. I have

you take responsibility for her?

eyes turned red. He hated being reminded

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 exists in this world!" Ryan yelled through gritted teeth. Silence fell over

heavily and asked, "Are you sure Larisa is dead? You just saw some ashes and e concluded that it was her... why

of how he secretly looked for Larisa flashed through his mind No one apart from his best friend knew

he looked, he couldn't find anything about Larisa or the thugs that had abducted