Novel & Cerita Delayed Regrets: He Regretted Only After Her Death

We got lost in silence that Kyle was first to break. " So...," he hesitated for a second, " she is gone." He sounded like he couldn't believe it as well. It felt like yesterday when I saw her alive, yet it been so long since I saw a smile on her face. " Yeah... she is gone.." " I am sorrry that I wasn't here." He sounded very regretful. We are all full of regrets. Such a pity that no matter how regretful we feel, what's done is done.

" I am sorry. I love you too. I am sorry. If only you are not a part of my life then maybe... I know you regret loving me but-" She said in between her hiccups and tears. " I-I love you and will a-always do. I don't have much time but baby I've lived my life fully with you and I don't regret dying this early as he-ere I am dying in your arms. But only thing which I regret is not being able to c-call you as my wife." He replied. I looked at both of them. They both seemed to be so lost in their pathetic love. But something twitched inside me by just watching them.

over and over. Don Carlo sat in his wheelchair, weeping, repeating, “Mistakes… all mistakes…” I gently withdrew my hand. After arranging their funerals, I boarded the return flight without a second glance. Elena came to the airport to see me off, her face aged, her spirit gone. “Maybe leaving was the right choice from the beginning,” she said hoarsely. I smiled but offered no reply. As I turned, I remembered my son's words before I died in the last life:

"Daisy. Mommy will make you a new one. A bigger one. A better one. Please." She crawled the rest of the way to me and clutched the bunny against my chest, but nothing answered her. "Daisy. Daisy." Her voice cracked apart in the empty room. My chest tightened up. Tears went through me without leaving, and my fingers passed straight through Mama's cheek. "I'm sorry, Mommy." I made you sad again. A woman in a white coat got there fast. She checked my body and slowly shook her head. "There hasn't been a pulse for a while now. And there's something else."

He said and his grip on my hands loosened a bit. “I agree that it took me a long time to stop being an asshole, a godless crook. It took me a long time to realize that you’re the best thing that has ever happened to me. But now that I’ve finally realized it…” He let go of my hands and slowly went down on his knees. I watched him in confusion, wondering what he was doing and then I noticed his eyes were misty. He was about to cry. “… I want you to know that I regret ever rejecting you.” He said. “I regret ever neglecting your love. I regret ever yelling at you and tormenting you.” He was already shedding tears now and seeing him this way touched me in a deep way.

The servant led her back inside while he remained outside, his face tightened back into the same hard mask. "REGRET". The word whispered inside his mind. A bitter laugh caught in his chest. Not yet.

Regret? What, was he hiding a woman in there? …Or a man? Her doubts were only resolved when she walked into the bathroom and caught a lingering scent still thick in the air. …She regretted it. She knew way, way too much now. Candice packed his luggage, then returned to pack her own, stalling for a long time before finally going downstairs. She assumed he’d be done with breakfast by now. Downstairs. As soon as she descended, she saw him sitting on the living room couch.

Lucian closed his eyes, a sharp pang of regret slicing through his chest as the memories he had tried so hard to rationalise came flooding back, unbidden and raw. He remembered the morning Jenna had taken her first steps. Lyla had called out to him, her eyes sparkling with pure delight, begging him to come see. But Chloe had burst into his office at that exact moment, weeping over Leo having a light fever. Lucian had brushed past Lyla, ignoring her outstretched hand and the heartbroken dimming of her eyes, brushing her off with a cold, ‘Jenna will walk tomorrow, Lyla. Leo needs medical attention now.’

It was the smile I had fallen in love with years ago, before the money and the lies and the pain. "One step at a time," he said. "One step at a time."

"I admit it! I regret everything! I was stupid! I thought I liked Lynn. The truth was, I had already fallen in love with you. When you left, it took me only half a year of being with Lynn to regret my decision. Zachary and I tried to look for you. Can you please come home with us?" I regretted my decision to head out alone to get some contact lenses. Who knew that I would end up meeting that wretched man again? "My wedding celebration is tomorrow. I don't want to waste time arguing with you. Get out of my face!" "I've made mistakes in the past, Mabel. But everyone would have made mistakes. Please give me a chance. I..." Quinton looked at me affectionately and reached out to try to hug me. Un