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.

six years ago. However, he didn't expect those thugs to blow up the place before he could do so... Now he had to live with the guilt of watching his wife die in a fire. His mind suddenly drifted to Lora... if only she was Larisa, he would

Kingsley mansion, Charles was on a video call with Ella

grandpa?" Ella asked on the phone and Charles

confusing. So, you can call me big Grandpa!"

to have an opportunity to meet his

still not want me to

scoffed and replied, "Not yet. Although I taught him a lesson, he still hasn't

As an adult, he knew the little boy was hurt by

him but I'll make

while later, Ryan entered the Kingsley's mansion where he had been staying the past few days to avoid

found his grandfather waiting for him. 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. Ryan, are you really going to make your engagement with Ivy official?" Charles questioned

He sighed and

woman and I don't want her as my granddaughter-in-law. How can you fall in love with

walk because of me.

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

turned red. He hated being reminded of how he failed

even ask for forgiveness because

asked, "Are you sure Larisa is dead? You just saw some ashes and e concluded that

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

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