Her Return, His Regret by Natie

Jack Davis had walked into the mansion just in time to witness Ryan's heartfelt apology and request. However, the man clenched his hands into fists and his jaw tightened. Lora was his one and only daughter.

When Ryan had a chance to be with her, he didn't cherish her. How dare he waltz into his house to apologise and ask for another chance like his past mistakes could easily be forgotten?

Jack's biggest regret was losing his daughter when she was kidnapped by traffickers at a very young age.

He never got to see her go into first grade, or buy her gifts when she turned into a teenager. He never got to take her to the high school dance or even attend her graduation... after missing so much time with his daughter and regretting not being there to protect her or make her happy, he didn't want her to face any more hardships.

Seeing the man who took his daughter's love for granted beg for a chance, anger flared through Jack. He stepped forward and declared, "Over my dead body."

The room fell silent as everyone turned to look at the imposing figure in the archway leading to the living room.

Jack glared at Ryan coldly and said through gritted teeth, "What makes you think you can just come back into my daughter's life as if nothing ever happened? Do you know how I found her six years ago? How she became afterwards when she thought her whole world was gone?"

"Dad...." Lora remarked, signalling to her father with her eyes for him to watch what he said in front of the kids.

Ryan's heart clenched with guilt. He knew it wouldn't be easy to earn everyone's trust. However, he was determined to go through anything as long as he would end up winning Lora's love back.

He didn't move from his kneeling position. Looking at Jack, he uttered, "I understand how you feel, Mr Davis. Now that I have my own children, I wouldn't want them to be hurt in any way by anyone."

His voice was calm as he continued, "I made a lot of mistakes in the past... one of them was not cherishing Lora the way she deserved. I was blind to the fact that I loved her so much... I didn't know this until I lost her and I've spent the last six years regretting it. But I'm here to not only ask Lora for her forgiveness but yours as well. I want to be a father my children would be proud of... I also want to be a man deserving of your daughter's love."

say this. However, her phone suddenly rang and when she saw who was calling, she

about when she was dating

silent... she couldn't pick it up with the current tension

suddenly approached her grandfather and grabbed his pants before saying, "Grandpa, Daddy said

at that. Indeed, fathers should have

same time, Jack furrowed his eyebrows. When he looked at his grandaughter's watery eyes,

and replied, "Don't worry, I just want to

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his feet and followed

for a while until they entered

scoffed before saying, "Just because your daughter spoke for you, it doesn't mean that

Ryan nodded, humbling himself

give me. All I ask is that

his throat and looked at his field before saying, "This is my small garden where I grow my chilli. I love spicy food and love to experiment with different chilli peppers. In this garden, you will find the world's hottest chilli Eating the whole chilli raw can feel like your tongue is not your own...you will feel like someone had placed lava into your

where Jack was going

I'll let you be and let Lora make her

remarked.

worth burning your tongue