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?

this happen? He didn't recall meeting Lora in the past and he's

could only mean one thing...

like a knife had been stabbed into his chest, twisting

a single tear

Ryan but he ignored her, his eyes focussed on the

Larisa?' He mused,

completely, followed by guilt. Larisa had been nearby all along and he failed to recognise her. Looking at his friend, he asked desperately as more

know, bro. I last saw her with

Ryan said, his

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 was

arm and said in a trembling voice, "Ryan, where are you

raced anxiously.

all she knew was that she couldn't let him go. Somehow,

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 fiancee just before they could proceed with the main program of the event. However, Ryan didn't care about the

around the

followed after him to help him search for Lora. He said, "I can't see Jason.

replied through gritted teeth, "Let's check the

Jason standing outside the restroom with a

so interested in my woman, Mr Kingsley? Please stay away from-

the restroom. However, Lora was

as a sense of unease settled in the pits of

her again,' he mused in his mind, running a hand through his

followed Ryan into the restroom when he noticed that

taken too