Crashing into an Old Flame
Crashing into an Old Flame
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SUMMARY
“What if I say it's too risky?” she asked.
“Then I will respond with—you are worth every risk,” he smiled.
...
With a troubled past and financial issues, Maxim Warner never had it easy. Coming a long way from a small town, he never stopped despite the hurdles thrown his way.
Charming and aloof, now the hotshot neurosurgeon has no use for emotions and even less use for love. However, things get twisted when he takes a familiar blonde as his tenant despite the jarring red flags in his mind.
She is the same woman who once held his heart within her grasp. But she crushed it back then and he would be damned if he let her do it again. He would be a good friend to her. Nothing more. End of the story.
Diana Chen, an American-Chinese heiress finds her life flipping upside down when she holds an infant in her arms. A tiny life that she is supposed to protect now but it comes at the expense of everything she has.
Nevertheless, on the worst day of her life, she moves to another country and decides to start a new life. And probably it is a good sign that her new house owner is a familiar face.
“Oh my god, Warner, I almost didn't recognize you!” She ruffled his hair but unlike how he used to laugh or blush in the past, he did not react and the atmosphere suddenly felt strained.
Let her take it back. The new house owner being a familiar face is making things awkward because the broody neurosurgeon might not be the beautiful boy with haunted dark eyes she used to know once. He is a man now... mysterious and stunning with eyes that strangely smolder her.
And she is beginning to feel things that she should not feel for him. God, is it too late to find rent somewhere else?
Maxim has yet to get over what the young Diana did to him while Diana has a baby to raise in her penniless state. Amidst this, the last thing they want is to look at each other across the dining table like the world lacks oxygen and their mouths are the only strategy for survival.
When the thin string of patience snapped, she made a proposal, “Take all my firsts,” As he looked at her in stunned silence, she continued, “I want you to take all my firsts. If you can't, then I can go find someone who will—” her words were lodged back in her throat by his consequent actions.
When the mysteries from the past unveil themselves gradually, will the two be able to get over their differences and own up to their feelings? Or will it be the final 'The End' for them this time?
6 Latest Chapters[ Updated 2 months ago ]
Chapter List
- Chapter 1: Los Angeles, it is
- Chapter 2: Oh my God!
- Chapter 3: Warner!
- Chapter 4: Losing mind
- Chapter 5: Endure
- Chapter 6: A new story
- Chapter 7: Hot for friend
- Chapter 8: Was he getting married?
- Chapter 9 - 40 weeks pregnancy was worth it
- Chapter 10: Dear Diary
- Chapter 11: I am s-sorry
- Chapter 12: I will be the nicest friend
- Chapter 13: What a heartbreaker
- Chapter 14: You are here
- Chapter 15: Befriend Maxim again
- Chapter 16: Switch it back
- Chapter 17: Thief!!!
- Chapter 18: I don’t count?
- Chapter 19: Thrill of romance
- Chapter 20: A laconic, chatterbox and the cactus
- Chapter 21: Oh dear landlord
- Chapter 22: Angel’s name
- Chapter 23: Angelica
- Chapter 24: Stress in academia
- Chapter 25: How could he...?
- Chapter 26: Awfully quiet
- Chapter 27: Pretty hands
- Chapter 28: Tattoos
- Chapter 29: Library
- Chapter 30: Bidding farewell
- Chapter 31: I hate you
- Chapter 32: You look hot
- Chapter 33: One thing that never changed
- Chapter 34: Worth every risk
- Chapter 35: Information on someone
- Chapter 36: Her boyfriend
- Chapter 37: Honey~
- Chapter 38: Mother-in-law
- Chapter 39: Warm butterfly
- Chapter 40: Line
- Chapter 41: Enemies-to-lovers
- Chapter 42: Growing on her
- Chapter 43: Friendly concerns
- Chapter 44: Hot Daddy
- Chapter 45: You lied
- Chapter 46: Ask your girlfriend
- Chapter 47: Far from the truth
- Chapter 48: Studying together
- Chapter 49: Making you happy
- Chapter 50: Cheesy~
- Chapter 51: Daisy Chen
- Chapter 52: Friends? Yeah sure.
- Chapter 53: An ugly spat
- Chapter 54: Where is Maxim?
- Chapter 55: None of my business?
- Chapter 56: Wilful Diana
- Chapter 57: My poor sheep
- Chapter 58: His angel
- Chapter 59: One of my charity cases
- Chapter 60: Happy Birthday
- Chapter 61: Shocking revelations
- Chapter 62: Sinking ship
- Chapter 63: Last exam
- Chapter 64 - 1 year later
- Chapter 65: It hurts, right?
- Chapter 66: Familiar face
- Chapter 67: Hook up
- Chapter 68: Moronic son
- Chapter 69: She is not working here
- Chapter 70: She loved Maxim
- Chapter 71: Want me to carry you?
- Chapter 72: Morphine
- Chapter 73: Mine
- Chapter 74: Dos And Don’ts
- Chapter 75: Focus
- Chapter 76: Get in
- Chapter 77: You are wrong with me
- Chapter 78: Beauty sleep gone
- Chapter 79: Is she yours?
- Chapter 80: Daisy ’man-hater’ Chen
- Chapter 81: Thief
- Chapter 82: Secret Cave
- Chapter 83: Help...
- Chapter 84: Bad guy
- Chapter 85: I don’t mind you screaming
- Chapter 86: Best-friend fantasy cancer
- Chapter 87: Chased by ghosts
- Chapter 88: Taking refugee
- Chapter 89: Hostile people
- Chapter 90: Mr. Kidnapper
- Chapter 91: Fond of you
- Chapter 92: I... am Mrs. Warner
- Chapter 93: Her wedding day
- Chapter 94: Someone else
- Chapter 95: You found me
- Chapter 96: Bestfriend
- Chapter 97: Prince-Duke
- Chapter 98: Turned him gay
- Chapter 99: Little egg
- Chapter 100: Cuckolded
- Chapter 101: After the same people
- Chapter 102: To the world of sheeps
- Chapter 103: A new entry
- Chapter 104: You... You have a tattoo!
- Chapter 105: A crack
- Chapter 106: I don’t joke when it comes to you
- Chapter 107: Friends, huh?
- Chapter 108: Seducing Dr. Warner
- Chapter 109: Sexual orientation
- Chapter 110: Childhood stories
- Chapter 111: Under the table
- Chapter 112: Let me
- Chapter 113: Was she alive?
- Chapter 114: Enmity
- Chapter 115: Degradation kink
- Chapter 116: Little traitor
- Chapter 117: You are the best
- Chapter 118: Away from him
- Chapter 119: Cause of Maxim’s death
- Chapter 120: Kiss on lips
- Chapter 121: The Diana in that diary
- Chapter 122: Used to kiss my hand
- Chapter 123: A good husband
- Chapter 124: First girlfriend
- Chapter 125: My tattoo?
- Chapter 126: To shut you up
- Chapter 127: Lusting over Maxim ’best friend’ Warner
- Chapter 128: Director’s grandson
- Chapter 129: Familiar
- Chapter 130: An unhealthy obsession
- Chapter 131: I’m about to kiss you
- Chapter 132: Lunch at Hazel’s
- Chapter 133: You find him good-looking?
- Chapter 134: A date
- Chapter 135: Coping mechanism
- Chapter 136: Pounce on Maxim
- Chapter 137: His past
- Chapter 138: Good at everything
- Chapter 139: Crime scene
- Chapter 140: Coward. Coward. Coward—
- Chapter 141: Don’t turn around
- Chapter 142: One-night-stand with me?
- Chapter 143: Loves me-loves me not
- Chapter 144: You enjoyed it
- Chapter 145: Romantic calamity
- Chapter 146: I am happy today
- Chapter 147: Lighter
- Chapter 148: Roses
- Chapter 149: Your unparalleled elegance
- Chapter 150: I have plans tonight
- Chapter 151: Taking you out on a date
- Chapter 152: Seducing him
- Chapter 153: Under the table
- Chapter 154: I will protect you
- Chapter 155: Diana, a billionaire?
- Chapter 156: Put me down
- Chapter 157: My zipper is stuck
- Chapter 158: Stop me
- Chapter 159: Hickeys
- Chapter 160: Anyone will do?
- Chapter 161: Diana, is that you?
- Chapter 162: Greedy for her
- Chapter 163: Her place, my place
- Chapter 164: Two stalkers
- Chapter 165: We named her
- Chapter 166: She is beautiful
- Chapter 167: Unwanted dogfood
- Chapter 168: [Bonus - ]
- Chapter 169: Avalon
- Chapter 170: Why can’t you pick a side?
- Chapter 171: Getting along
- Chapter 172: Papa
- Chapter 173: Did you ask her why?
- Chapter 174: Kneel!
- Chapter 175: Finding a grave
- Chapter 176: Switching preferences
- Chapter 177: Maxim’s hometown
- Chapter 178: I will join you there
- Chapter 179: We promised
- Chapter 180: Warner, be good!
- Chapter 181: I love your eyes
- Chapter 182: Knocked him out
- Chapter 183: Dee, you are harsh
- Chapter 184: We lied to you
- Chapter 185: You live here, Warner?
- Chapter 186: I only want you
- Chapter 187: No regret scale for you
- Chapter 188: [Bonus - ]
- Chapter 189: Ground rules
- Chapter 190: Gym
- Chapter 191: You lied to me
- Chapter 192: I want to be there for you
- Chapter 193: Preparations
- Chapter 194: Butterflies
- Chapter 195: Empty room
- Chapter 196: Baby, save me!
- Chapter 197: Things you put a label on
- Chapter 198: Dear Diary...
- Chapter 199: Don’t you miss home?
- Chapter 200: A date?
- Chapter 201: Bookrests
- Chapter 202: Foxy Maxim
- Chapter 203: She was it for him
- Chapter 204: Is that a yes or no?
- Chapter 205: Questionable taste
- Chapter 206: You’re my first
- Chapter 207: Ryle is bisexual?
- Chapter 208: Plotting against Diana
- Chapter 209: Playing with fire
- Chapter 210: Lead the way
- Chapter 211: Qin Zehan
- Chapter 212: Letting go
- Chapter 213: Breaking her rule
- Chapter 214: Scram
- Chapter 215: Fire
- Chapter 216: The audacity
- Chapter 217: Pulling wool
- Chapter 218: Expecting someone else?
- Chapter 219: Admonishments
- Chapter 220: Back again
- Chapter 221: Preponed
- Chapter 222: Salty Old Master Qin
- Chapter 223: Rookie mistakes
- Chapter 224: Glioblastoma
- Chapter 225: Unethical Maxim
- Chapter 226: Too brutal
- Chapter 227: Elite guards
- Chapter 228: You can’t!
- Chapter 229: Save him
- Chapter 230: You want him dead?
- Chapter 231: Language
- Chapter 232: Investigate a patient
- Chapter 233: Glib tongue
- Chapter 234: If he wakes up
- Chapter 235: It lacked her
- Chapter 236: Replacement
- Chapter 237: D... Daisy?
- Chapter 238: Unalive her
- Chapter 239: Silicone?
- Chapter 240: Omg~ How controversial!
- Chapter 241: Turn around
- Chapter 242: Shenanigans
- Chapter 243: Two sons
- Chapter 244: Not unprepared
- Chapter 245: Not surprised?
- Chapter 246: Fallen?
- Chapter 247: Unstable
- Chapter 248: Lifelong dedication
- Chapter 249: Consume it all
- Chapter 250: I am yours
- Chapter 251: Suffer the consequences
- Chapter 252: No one important?
- Chapter 253: Qin Zehan’s nephew
- Chapter 254: Uncle
- Chapter 255: Bullshit
- Chapter 256: Who are you?
- Chapter 257: Less than friends
- Chapter 258: Moving out
- Chapter 259: I missed you
- Chapter 260: I was jealous
- Chapter 261: Self harm
- Chapter 262: She was four or three
- Chapter 263: Brother?
- Chapter 264: From past
- Chapter 265: Madly in love?
- Chapter 266: You can laugh
- Chapter 267: A farewell
- Chapter 268: Resign
- Chapter 269: Family
- Chapter 270: Photo frame
- Chapter 271: Where is she?
- Chapter 272: Goodbye letter?
- Chapter 273: Happy Birthday
- Chapter 274: Do I get a cake, baby?
- Chapter 275: You have me
- Chapter 276: Stay?
- Chapter 277: Idiot!
- Chapter 278: The highlights
- Chapter 279: At that time
- Chapter 280: Penniless jerk
- Chapter 281: That Hazel
- Chapter 282: Meant to be
- Chapter 283: I need a shoulder
- Chapter 284: You knew it?
- Chapter 285: Trample his heart
- Chapter 286: You lied
- Chapter 287: I am Alice Chen
- Chapter 288: Orchestrated
- Chapter 289: Small talks
- Chapter 290: Cheating
- Chapter 291: A blind date
- Chapter 292: Choke
- Chapter 293: Don’t look for her
- Chapter 294: Slip up
- Chapter 295: DNA
- Chapter 296: Marry me
- Chapter 297: Not fine
- Chapter 298: Mine
- Chapter 299: I am sorry
- Chapter 300: My first!
- Chapter 301: Unworthy of him
- Chapter 302: Pushed her away
- Chapter 303: Let’s end this
- Chapter 304: Why did it matter?
- Chapter 305: He left
- Chapter 306: Harassing blondes
- Chapter 307: Her gift
- Chapter 308: First crush
- Chapter 309: I adore you
- Chapter 310: Intimacy
- Chapter 311: With marriage in mind
- Chapter 312: Beautiful ’couple’
- Chapter 313: My son and daughter-in-law
- Chapter 314: Good things
- Chapter 315: Fiancé
- Chapter 316: The beginning