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SECOND CHOICE, FIRST REGRET: The Billionaires Private Regret

SECOND CHOICE, FIRST REGRET: The Billionaires Private Regret

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last updateLast Updated : 2026-04-27
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Language: English
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Synopsis

Fast-Paced Plot

Third-Person POV

Drama

Possessive

CEO

Dominant

Runaway with a Baby

Love-Triangle

Pregnant

One night was all it was ever meant to be, a reckless moment between Aria Bennett and a man far beyond her world, yet what he treated as something forgettable became the turning point of her life, because while he walked away without hesitation and chose a woman of his own status and power, Aria was left behind with heartbreak and a truth he never stayed long enough to discover, forcing her to rebuild her life alone while carrying the weight of a secret tied to the man who never looked back. Years later, Aria is no longer the same woman he left behind, as she has grown into someone stronger, guarded, and completely in control of her life, someone who no longer waits to be chosen and who has learned to hide everything that once made her vulnerable, but when fate brings her back into his world, the past refuses to stay buried and the balance of power begins to shift, because the man who once dismissed her now sees her in a way he cannot ignore, and what he once overlooked slowly turns into something he cannot escape. Regret begins to take hold as he is drawn to her with an intensity he cannot control, yet the closer he gets, the more he senses that Aria is hiding something far deeper than the pain he caused, something that threatens to change everything he thought he knew about that night, while Aria refuses to become his second choice again, holding onto the life she built without him even as the truth edges closer to being revealed, a truth that could force him to face the full consequences of walking away from the one woman he should have never lost.

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Vee—Writes
Vee—Writes
I love this book… It’s so captivating,and I love the tension between Aria and Sebastian Drake. Keep updating more author. I’m in for the long ride
2026-04-26 20:20:55
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Bella A
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟
2026-04-25 18:45:31
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I love this
2026-04-25 03:15:54
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15 Chapters
Chapter 1
The first time Aria Bennett saw Sebastian Drake again, she didn’t recognize him immediately, not because he had changed in any obvious way that would make him unfamiliar, but because she had spent so much time forcing herself not to look back, not to think about him, not to let her mind go anywhere near the part of her life that had once revolved around him, so when it finally happened and her eyes landed on him without warning, it didn’t feel like something she chose or something she was prepared for, it felt like something that just happened before she could stop it, before she could control it, before she could remind herself that she had already moved on from everything that had to do with him.She felt it before she even fully understood what she was looking at, that strange tight feeling in her chest that didn’t match the calm way she had been moving through the room all night, and for a second everything around her felt slightly off, like the sound of the music dropped just eno
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Chapter 2
Aria should have walked away the moment she said it, because the answer she gave him was simple enough to end everything right there without leaving room for anything else to grow out of it, and she knew from experience that the longer she stayed in situations like this, the harder it became to keep things controlled, but even with that awareness sitting clearly in her mind, she didn’t move immediately, and neither did he, and that small delay was enough to shift the moment from something she could have walked away from into something that was starting to stretch beyond her control.Sebastian didn’t respond the way most people would after hearing something like that, because instead of nodding and letting it go or moving on to someone else like the rest of the room was doing, he stayed where he was and kept his attention on her, not in a way that would make it obvious to anyone watching, but in a way that was steady enough for her to feel it, like he was trying to figure something out
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Chapter 3
Aria stood there for a second longer than she should have, her phone still in her hand and the message still open on the screen, because even though the words were simple and not even that long, they carried a weight that made everything else around her feel like it had slowed down without warning, and the fact that his name was right there under it made it impossible to pretend that this was just a coincidence or something she could ignore and move past like everything else she had learned to leave behind.She should not have opened it, she knew that much immediately, because the moment she read it, the distance she had just created between them inside that room felt like it meant nothing, like all the effort she had put into keeping things controlled and simple had been undone in a second, and even though she had already walked away from him physically, something about that message pulled her right back into the same space mentally in a way she was not prepared for.For a brief mome
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Chapter 4
Aria did not answer him immediately, not because she did not have something to say, but because every possible answer felt like it would lead to something she was not ready to deal with, and the silence that followed his question was not empty or uncertain but filled with too many thoughts moving at once, because what he asked was not simple, it was not something she could brush off with the same ease she had used earlier, and the more she stayed quiet, the more she could feel the weight of his attention through the line, steady and waiting in a way that made it clear he was not going to move on from it easily.She tightened her grip on the steering wheel slightly as she stared ahead, forcing herself to stay grounded in the moment instead of letting her mind drift too far into everything that question carried, because the problem was not just that he was asking, the problem was that he sounded like he actually wanted to know, and that made it harder to respond without opening somethin
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Chapter 5
Aria did not sleep properly that night, not because she did not try, but because every time she closed her eyes, her mind kept circling back to the same thing; the call, his voice, the way he said he would see her again like it was already decided, and no matter how much she tried to push it aside and focus on something else, it stayed there in a way that made it impossible to completely ignore, because the truth was that this was no longer something she could walk away from as easily as she had wanted to believe.She woke up earlier than usual, not because she needed to, but because staying in bed felt pointless when her mind was already fully awake, and for a few seconds she just lay there staring at the ceiling, letting the reality of the situation settle in again, because the meeting he mentioned was not something she could avoid without raising questions, and avoiding it entirely would only create more problems than it solved, which meant she had no real choice but to go and face
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Chapter 6
Aria did not respond to what he said immediately, not because she did not hear it clearly, but because the way he said it settled into the moment in a way that made it harder to dismiss than anything else he had said so far, and for a second she stood there holding his gaze, fully aware that whatever she said next was going to decide how far this went, because this was no longer just about a conversation or an unexpected meeting, it was turning into something more direct, something that required her to either shut it down completely or risk letting it move forward.She chose control.“I’m not something you need to start with,” she said, keeping her voice calm and steady, because the only way to keep this from going further was to make it clear that there was nothing there to continue.Sebastian did not look convinced, not surprised either, just focused in a way that made it clear her response did not change anything for him, and that was the problem, because she was used to people bac
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Chapter 7
Aria did not move for a few seconds after reading the message, not because she did not understand it, but because the way it was written, simple and direct without any explanation, carried a kind of certainty that made it harder to process than it should have been, and even though part of her wanted to immediately dismiss it as nothing more than an assumption or a guess, the problem was that everything about him so far had shown that he did not say things without knowing exactly what he meant. Her fingers tightened slightly around her phone as she read it again, slower this time, as if looking at it differently would change what it said, but it didn’t, the words stayed the same, clear and certain, and the more she looked at them, the more she realized that this was not something she could brush off or ignore the way she had done with everything else, because this crossed a line she had not expected him to reach this quickly. She forced herself to breathe steadily, keeping her expres
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Chapter 8
Aria didn’t speak after he told her to look, she just stayed there with her hand still on the wheel and her phone pressed lightly against her ear, eyes fixed on the car across the street like if she stared long enough it would turn into something normal, but it didn’t, it stayed exactly the same, engine running, windows dark enough to hide details but not enough to pretend it wasn’t there for a reason, and the longer she looked at it, the clearer it became that this wasn’t random and it definitely wasn’t a coincidence.“Don’t move yet,” Sebastian said, his voice low and steady like he already expected her to react in a way that would make things worse, but she didn’t answer him, not because she was ignoring him but because her focus was somewhere else now, locked on the small details that didn’t make sense, the way the car wasn’t parked like someone just stopped by, the way it had been running, the way it didn’t shift or leave even after she pulled over.“How long has it been there,”
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Chapter 9
Aria didn’t look back immediately after she pulled into the road, not because she didn’t want to, but because she knew doing that too soon would slow her down or throw her off focus, and right now she needed to keep moving forward without second guessing anything, her hands steady on the wheel, her foot pressing down just enough to keep the car moving fast without losing control, and even though everything in her told her to check if they were still behind her, she held it for a few seconds longer. “Don’t look yet,” Sebastian said through the phone, like he already knew exactly what she was about to do, and that alone made her focus tighten even more, because it meant he was tracking this just as closely as she was, maybe even more. “I’m not,” she replied, her voice even, controlled, like nothing had shifted, even though everything had. “Good,” he said, and there was no space between that and his next words, “take the next right, not the main one, the smaller street just before
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Chapter 10
Aria didn’t move when the second car door opened, she stayed exactly where she was with both hands still on the wheel and her eyes locked forward like she wasn’t reacting to anything at all even though everything in front of her had already changed in a way she couldn’t ignore, because this wasn’t part of what he said, this wasn’t part of what he controlled, and the fact that someone else just stepped into the same space without hesitation meant that whatever this situation was, it wasn’t as contained as he made it sound.“Sebastian,” she said, her voice low but steady because she wasn’t about to let anything slip now, not when the person was already walking closer, not when the space around her had gone too quiet, not when the car behind her still hadn’t moved and the one in front was already becoming the bigger problem. “I see them,” he replied, but there was a difference now, something small but clear enough for her to notice because the calm he had before wasn’t exactly the same,
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