Novel & Cerita If You Dare To Long For Regret

"If I said that I never did anything of the sort, would you believe me?" The hall fell silent. Raul stared at me for a long time. His eyes, which once held nothing but love and affection for me, were now filled with cold judgment. A long while later, he said, "I want to, but how can you expect me to believe you?" That sentence shattered my heart completely. As it turned out, what hurt more than his not believing me was his wanting to believe me but not daring to. I chuckled all of a sudden as tears fell from my eyes.

Confessions about crushes, embarrassing stories, a ridiculous dare involving someone singing karaoke on the coffee table. Every time the bottle landed on Ethan, he chose truth. Safe. Boring. Survivable. Until Lila leaned forward with a wicked smile. “Ace,” she said sweetly. “Truth or dare?” “Truth.” She tapped her chin. “Who’s the most impossible person you could ever actually like?” Ethan’s pulse spiked. Every eye turned toward him. Including Noah’s. He swallowed. This was harmless. A joke answer. Something ridiculous. Something safe. But Noah was still looking at him. And suddenly the truth felt lodged somewhere behind Ethan’s ribs.

“ I thought that I would let you be and keep to myself but I realise now that it was a mistake. I should have confronted you about the welcome party you threw for her when you said you were going to attend a gala. I was an idiot for believing whatever you say. In a sense, this is my fault. I didn't even mention that I wasn't feeling well and I missed my parents. In case you forgot, my parents died. They have been gone for a long time and this is where they are buried. That is why I came here to visit them. I'm not some crazy stalker like you think but yeah, you can think whatever. I don't care anymore. You can continue taking care of Anna. She matters more to you than I do.” I lost my compos

His eyes were wet, but he didn’t blink. “We were reckless,” he said, voice low. “We were young. We were selfish. But I’ve never regretted wanting you. I only regret that the world punished you for it.” Adeyemi folded the note slowly, slipped it into her bag beside the red pen. “I don’t regret the wanting either,” she answered, softer than she meant to. “I regret that the world still doesn’t know how to let people want without turning it into shame.” He nodded once, throat working.

I use that to propel me forward. Those voices of yours are drowned out by the loud thumps of my beating heart, the thumps that are my own cheerleading squad telling me just to try. Just. Try. Just Try. And I know myself now just as I am knowing more about you, is that what I don't want to feel, more than you in my head and my heart, is Regret. Fear, you come and go. But Regret, well, Regret stays forever. And Regret is the most unwelcome guest because, in most cases, I can prevent Regret from coming into my home. And regret will be the most important thing that I shall feel if I do not let the man that I call my husband, the man that I love if I do not allow this man to follow his dreams. He

"I didn't... but, at the same time, I wanted the best for you. I know I acted like a coward—I didn't want to see the day when you'd regret being with me, I just couldn't bear it." This man... "I told you that I never regret, Jacob! I've never had any regrets in my life, but you fucked it up and decided to be the first one! It broke my heart every second to see your face and those eyes devoid of the love I'd known. I questioned my worth, Jacob. I questioned everything we had, yet I couldn't stop loving you. I tried to understand why you'd do this to me—but I didn’t get any answers. I felt helpless and pathetic, crying for the man who couldn’t care less about giving a damn about my emotions. I

guy, he really, truly loved me and up till this day I still regret losing him. All I’m left with now is the memories that we had together which I will cherish forever” I saw the sadness in her eyes. “But it doesn’t have to be that way” I said. “What do you mean? Meet someone else? I will never be able to fall in love with anyone else Cara, it’s hopeless even trying” she said. “I wasn’t even going to suggest that. But why don’t you reach out to him? Invite him here and maybe the story can go on” I said. “But Cara, do you really think that he would want to forgive me after all of these years. I doubt that he even wants to hear my voice” She said sounding hopeless. “But what if he does? What i

His life—once perfectly structured and enviable—suddenly felt meaningless. The mansion that once symbolized prestige now felt like a prison. Every corner echoed with ghosts—his mother’s absence, his father’s deceit, and Zara’s broken trust. For the first time in years, Regan Kareem felt something he never thought he would—regret. He picked up his phone again, opened Zara’s chat, and typed: “I’ll fix this. Somehow.” But again, his thumb hovered over the send button, and he sighed. He locked the phone and placed it face-down on the table. The screen went dark—just like the space growing inside him.

You're comfortable there because that's where you have control; it's where you know the lay of my emotional land. Those voices of yours are drowned out by the loud thumps of my beating heart, the thumps that are my own cheerleading squad telling me to just try. Just. Try. Just Try. And I know myself now just as I am knowing more about you, is that what I don't want to feel, more than you in my head and my heart, is regret. Fear, you come and go. But regret, well, regret stays forever. And regret is the most unwelcome guest because, in most cases, I can prevent regret from coming into my home.