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Love, Divorce and Everything else
Chapter 10: Ryan

It's been 6 months since Ryan and Myra had been dating, and they enjoyed every moment of it. Myra had still not disclosed her secret that she has a young daughter. Even though her mother had continuously asked her to, she kept avoiding it, either because she was scared of losing him or still did not trust him enough. Ryan knew there was something that Myra was not sharing with him and tried assuring her that she could trust him with anything. Even so, Myra could not overcome the fear of jeopardizing Emma's safety. Many times she was almost about to tell him, but something inside her stopped her. Myra's mother told her to disclose the truth before it's too late, and Myra agreed. She planned to invite Ryan to meet her at the restaurant they had first met at and share the truth. She planned to tell him everything next week. Since it was Emma's birthday next month, she wanted to tell him about her. If he agreed, she planned to invite Ryan to Emma's birthday, but if things did not work out And he walks away, she would still have time to recover from her heartbreak and move on.

Ryan just drove back home from an amazing dinner with Myra and couldn't stop smiling. He tried unlocking the door but found it was already open. He slowly walked in, and it was dark. He could only see a distant light lit up in his bedroom. Suddenly, he turned around as he felt someone was watching him and saw two figures sitting on the sofa in the corner. He shouted, 'Who is it?' Suddenly, one of the figures reached for the lamp next to the sofa, and the room was illuminated. It was Margaret and Jake, Myra's ex-husband and mother-in-law. Margaret got up from the sofa, walked towards...