Her Return, His Regret by Natie

Lora's heart dropped to her feet when Ryan's eyes closed. She panicked, her stomach churning with fear and worry. Was he dead?

She shook him slightly and called out with a trembling voice. "R-Ryan..."

Silence.

"Ryan... wake up, you're scaring me!" Lora cried out, her voice hoarse from the smoke she inhaled.

She couldn't move because of the heavy oak beam that had pinned Ryan and herself to the ground. It was supposed to fall on her but Ryan used his body to prevent that from happening and got hurt instead.

When Lora tried to move the beam, she felt a warm liquid on Ryan's back and her heart raced like a galloping horse, worry and fear creeping into her. He was bleeding heavily.

"Ryan!" She called out, tears rolling down her cheeks when she realised he had put his life on the line for her.

He was willing to die... for her.

Lora's heart clenched in pain, her tears soaking her face. She felt helpless.

Luckily, help came quickly. Firefighters barged into the warehouse with hoses and axes, tearing away the debris that had closed the way. They made quick work of putting out the fire and removing all sharp objects that were threatening to fall. "Ryan!"

"Lora!"

Lora heard familiar voices and her heart jumped with hope. She looked up and through the haze, she saw Jason and Adan running towards them with worried looks on their faces.

"Help, please! Ryan is dying!" Lora cried, her heart feeling like it was a foreign object in her body.

It hurt so bad, she wanted to cut it out of her chest.

did Ryan

and removed the beam from Ryan's back and

Lora up, his face full

Lora, looking her over. He held her in his arms, frowning when he felt her trembling

her eyes following Ryan who

need to have a

Adan, I want to go with Ryan. I need to make sure he's ok," Lora

alone knowing he

with him in the ambulance. We will follow closely behind and I'll call

and pulled

choice but to let her go... after all, Ryan did save her and she just wanted to make sure he was ok. However, he still wished he had been the one to save Lora, not Ryan. On the way to the hospital, Lora held

up, Ryan! I want to know why you did that! Why

eyes felt on the wounds on his back and arms. Intense guilt crept into her Things between us

en

why Ryan would save her. His words as he tried to keep her awake flashed

about her... is that why he saved her?

had so many questions but Ryan couldn't hear or answer them right

heart breaking as

ok,' she said in her mind, tears rolling

in a hospital

Images from earlier flashed through his mind and he

The heart monitor's beeping

to get up from the bed despite the sharp pain that shot through

could he lose consciousness without making sure she was out of