All Chapters of SECOND CHOICE, FIRST REGRET: The Billionaires Private Regret: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Aria didn’t slow down after reversing out of the space, she straightened the wheel in one quick motion and pushed forward again like the only thing that mattered was getting out of that structure before it closed in on her, since staying there any longer would give them exactly what they wanted, a controlled environment with limited exits and too many blind spots, and she wasn’t about to let that happen while she still had movement on her side.“Left ramp,” Sebastian said immediately, his voice sharper now, more focused than before like whatever distance he had earlier was gone and replaced by something closer to urgency, and that alone told her how serious this had just become, she didn’t question it or hesitate, she turned exactly where he said, the tires gripping slightly as she took the curve faster than she normally would since slowing down now wasn’t an option, not with the black car behind her dropping any act of blending in and moving with clear intent.“They’re closing,” she

Aria didn’t slow down even after she realized what he had just done, since slowing now would mean accepting that she had been moved into position instead of moving on her own terms, and she wasn’t about to accept that without understanding exactly what he had set up ahead of her, so she kept driving forward along the empty stretch, her hands steady on the wheel and her eyes locked ahead while her mind moved faster than the car itself, trying to piece together what this road meant, why it was this clear, why there were no exits, and why everything felt arranged long before she got here.“You said you needed me here,” she said, her voice controlled but sharper than before since this wasn’t something she could ignore anymore, not after everything that had just happened, “I did,” Sebastian replied, his tone steady like nothing had shifted on his side, like this was exactly how he expected it to go, “for what,” she asked.A short silence followed, not enough to feel like hesitation but eno

The car didn’t slow down immediately even with the road blocked ahead, she kept the car moving just enough to hold onto control for a few more seconds because stopping felt final in a way she wasn’t ready to accept without understanding what she was stepping into, and the closer she got the clearer it became that the vehicles ahead weren’t there to slow her down but to end movement completely, positioned in a way that left no clean path through, no angle to slip past, no gap she could take without risking everything in one wrong move.“You said stop,” she said, her voice steady even as her grip tightened again, because if this was the point where everything shifted then she needed more than just that one word.“now,” Sebastian replied, his tone lower but more certain like this part mattered more than everything that led up to it, and she exhaled slowly, easing her foot off the pedal before pressing the brake, not hard, not sudden, just enough to bring the car down in a controlled way

The second car door opened and the moment shifted before she could even decide what to do with everything already in front of her, because the person stepping out didn’t move like someone walking into a controlled situation, and the second her eyes landed on him properly, recognition hit without delay in a way that didn’t fit into anything she had been trying to make sense of.“You,” she said before she could stop it, her voice low but clear enough, because seeing him here didn’t match anything about the setup around her, not with the road blocked, not with the men already in place, not with Sebastian still on the line giving instructions like he was the one in control.He didn’t react the way he should have, didn’t pause, didn’t question it, he just closed the door behind him and looked straight at her like this was expected, like her being here was part of something already decided.“Thought you’d take longer,” he said, calm, like timing mattered more than everything else happening.

The car didn’t move again after the spin, the engine still running but everything else around her settling into a stillness that didn’t match what had just happened, and for a second the silence pressed harder than the impact did, because this wasn’t the kind of pause that meant recovery, it was the kind that meant something else had already taken control of the situation.Her hands stayed on the wheel a moment longer before she forced them to loosen, not fully relaxing, just enough to shift her attention forward, because the car ahead had already stopped moving and the door that opened hadn’t closed again.“Sebastian,” she said, her voice lower now, more controlled, because this wasn’t the part where she waited for instructions anymore.No answer.That alone changed something.Her jaw tightened slightly as she pushed the door open and stepped out, not slowly, not cautiously, just direct, because staying inside the car didn’t mean safety anymore and she was done pretending it did, and