Her Return, His Regret novel Chapter 69

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.

Why? Why did Ryan do this?

Adan and Jason rushed over and removed the beam from Ryan’s back and the paramedics quickly performed first aid before carrying him to the ambulance.

Meanwhile, Jason rushed to help Lora up, his face full of worry for her.

“Are you ok?” Jason asked Lora, looking her over. He held her in his arms, frowning when he felt her trembling body.

“I want to go with him… he got hurt because of me,” Lora said instead, her eyes following Ryan who was placed on a stretcher, an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose.

“You’re hurt too and you need to have a medical checkup-”

“No. Adan, I want to go with Ryan. I need to make sure he’s ok,” Lora pleaded with Adan, her eyes brimmed with tears.

She couldn’t just let Ryan go alone knowing he almost died because of her.

Adan sighed and nodded, “Sure, you will go with him in the ambulance. We will follow closely behind and I’ll call Grandpa Charles.”

Lora nodded quickly and pulled away from Jason’s arms.

Hurt flickered through Jason’s eyes but he didn't stop Lora. He had no 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.