Her Return, His Regret by Natie

Adan Nicholson had been closely monitoring Bianca's messages in the past few days hoping he would find anything about Lora.

However, the two women never talked about anything that could disclose Lora's secret. Adan was even thinking about giving up, thinking maybe they were just being paranoid.

He was at the engagement party when his phone suddenly buzzed and he saw the conversation that Lora had with Bianca.

His eyebrows furrowed when he saw the kids that were in the picture that Bianca had sent to Lora.

"These kids..." he murmured to himself, his eyes searching for Ryan.

This was big news! Lora had children and one of them resembled Ryan so much! This couldn't be a coincidence.

The MC called Ryan and Ivy to the stage and Adan's eyes widened. 'No. I need to show him this conversation before he goes up there.'

Adan rushed towards Ryan and showed him the conversation.

"What is it?" Ryan asked as he got the phone, his eyebrows knitting in confusion as he read the conversation.

"Read that and tell me what you think," Adan remarked.

Everyone was watching, wondering why Ryan had stopped to see something on the phone instead of proceeding with the event.

Ivy's face flushed. She smiled at the guests awkwardly, trying to look like this was normal. What was Ryan doing in front of all these people?

At the same time, Ryan's hand that was holding the phone trembled when he saw the photo.

Why was there a picture of kids that looked like Lora and himself?

did this happen? He didn't recall meeting Lora in the past and he's only ever slept with one

one thing... Lora

felt like a knife had been stabbed into his chest, twisting

a single tear rolled

Ivy asked Ryan but he ignored her, his eyes focussed on the twins on

and Larisa?' He mused, his heart

been nearby all along and he failed to recognise her. Looking at his friend, he asked desperately as

shook his head and replied, "I don't know, bro. I last saw her with Jason

to find her," Ryan said, his voice low and

needed to verify it himself. He wanted her to confirm her identity... he wanted to find out if the kids who looked like them were theirs and why she hid them from him. Most importantly, he wanted to make sure she

to leave but Ivy grabbed his arm and said in a trembling voice, "Ryan, where are you going? We

heart raced anxiously.

she knew was that she couldn't let him go. Somehow, she knew that once he left

is our engagement ceremony and everyone is watching," Ivy pleaded, her eyes watering with tears. However, without sparing her a glance, Ryan shook Ivy's hand off and stormed off, his eyes searching frantically for Lora through the

when Ryan left his fiancee just before they could proceed with the main program of the event. However, Ryan didn't care about the confused looks or whispered gossip echoing from

looking around the hall

for Lora. He said, "I can't see Jason. Maybe

jealousy rushed through Ryan. He replied through gritted teeth, "Let's check the

the restroom with a confused face. Ryan approached Jason and questioned, "Where's

my woman, Mr Kingsley? Please stay away from-

barged into the restroom. However, Lora was nowhere

to pound in his chest as a sense of unease settled in the pits of his belly. Did something

I can't lose her again,' he mused in his mind, running a hand through his

Jason followed Ryan into the restroom

had taken too long in