Her Return, His Regret by Natie

"Ryan Kingsley's car entered the Davis mansion but it never came out until now," Jason's man reported on the phone.

Jason clenched his hand around the phone, his eyes flashing with anger. He had been trying to call Lora since the previous day, however, his calls went unanswered. It was like she was trying to avoid him. Luckily he had placed someone to watch over her, otherwise, he wouldn't have known she wasn't picking up her calls because she was with Ryan Kingsley.

"Keep me updated," Jason replied through gritted teeth before cutting the call and throwing his phone on the couch.

He hadn't had time to spend with Lora since the kidnapping incident since she was always with Ryan, taking care of him.

It was like he had already lost her to Ryan after he risked his life to save her...

"No, I'm not going to lose you to Ryan, Lora. I can lose everything but not you," Jason muttered to himself, a look of determination on his face.

...

Meanwhile, Ryan had booked the whole restaurant at the most prestigious hotel for privacy and security.

Lora looked around, frowning. She said, "You didn't have to book the whole thing."

"I didn't do it to show off... with Ivy out there, who knows what she might do? She can easily disguise herself as a guest and try to harm you guys. I promised not to let anyone harm you and I meant it," Ryan replied. Warmth spread through Lora's heart. She nodded and said, "You're right. We have to be extra careful."

They all sat in comfortable silence as the kids went through the menu.

Ella glanced at Ryan and demanded, "Daddy, I want ice cream."

"Anything you want-"

"No... it's too early for ice cream and it's very cold. Let her have a normal breakfast," Lora interrupted.

Ryan's stomach sank. It seemed he had a long way to learn how to take care of the kids. He thought it was ok to give Ella ice cream as long as she asked for it.

Ella and remarked, "Mommy said no... choose something else instead. How

nodded anyway. She replied, "I'll have some eggs, bacon

at Ethan and asked, "And you Ethan? What would you like to

have pancakes," Ethan

ordered the food for the children. He

and said, "I thought I

changed because you hated me... I know you still love this type of food," Ryan

the previous day, he just ordered a bowl of

eating, she looked at him and frowned, "Daddy, why are you having only soup?

-but warmth

him at his

that I can take right now. I'll

you can eat lunch with us at home. Grandma is a great cook," Ella offered. "Her

He nodded quickly and responded, "I would love

be going back home, Ella. He can't have lunch with us at home,"

asked, looking at her mother. "Didn't Dad come to live with us? You even slept

amused eyes before replying, "He only stayed because he wasn't feeling well. But now that he's alright,

of his fist to his mouth and coughed before saying, "I'm..." Cough. "Getting..." Cough. "There." Cough, cough.

looked at her mother and pleaded, "But Daddy is not better, Mommy. Can't he stay

why do we have different houses?" Ethan asked,

didn't know how to answer that

that, Ryan interrupted. He looked at the kids and said, "Ethan, Ella, in the past, I wronged your mother. Right now, I'm paying

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of

forgive you if