The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 133

Chapter 97: The True Face.

Alexander

My mother always says that the world works better when someone strong runs it.

When someone makes decisions, when someone doesn’t let others act on their emotions.

I grew up hearing that since I was a child.

My mother is a woman… impeccable. Elegant. Smart. But she is also a woman who does not tolerate mistakes. In her world there is no room for weakness.

If you make mistakes, you learn quickly… or you fall behind. And I learned quickly.

Very fast.

I learned that things should be done a certain way, I learned that people need direction.

I learned that when you want something… you just go and take it. Maybe that’s why I’ve always liked everything to work in order.

Under control, business. Relationships, decisions.

I don’t like things halfway, I don’t like people who doubt too much.

And much less do I like situations that get out of my hands.

That’s why Clara intrigues me.

The first time I saw her was a year and a half ago. Perhaps, more or less, I don’t remember. I don’t remember the date, I remember her.

A business event.

I remember the moment perfectly, there were a lot of important people that night. Investors, businessmen, politicians. The typical scenario where everyone tries to impress everyone.

I was talking to some partners when I saw her come in, I didn’t know who she was.

I only saw a woman walking with natural confidence.

She was not the most scandalous in the place. She was not one of those women who seek attention.

But people looked at her the same, she had something… Elegance, presence. And a calm that contrasted with the noise of the living room.

I asked who she was.

“Clara,” they told me. “The daughter of one of the most influential businessmen in the city.”

That was the first thing I heard about her.

Nothing else… But over time I started to hear more.

That she was setting up her own company, which did not depend entirely on her family’s surname. That she had a head for business, that she was astute.

That caught my attention.

Women like Clara are not common, many inherit money. Few know how to multiply it.

And when I finally spoke to her for the first time… I confirmed what I already suspected.

Clara was not just any woman, she was intelligent, direct. And she had something else…

A kind of quiet force, but I also saw something more in her.

Something that others probably don’t notice. There was a shadow.

A small crack behind that confident woman. A sadness that appeared for seconds when someone mentioned certain topics.

That’s when I first heard his name.

Ethan.

Her ex-husband, a failed marriage.

A man who, according to what was said, did not know how to value what he had.

I remember thinking the same thing I thought today when I was in front of her in her office.

Men make many mistakes. But there are some who are just plain stupid.

To let go of a woman like Clara… He is one of them. And I guess that’s why I decided to approach her.

Because the mistakes of other men… Sometimes they become opportunities for us.

But what Clara still doesn’t know…

It’s just that when something interests me… I don’t usually give it up easily.

I’ve never done it, not with business. And definitely… Nor with people.

The traffic in the city always irritates me, too many cars, too many people who don’t know how to move.

I squeeze the steering wheel harder than necessary as the light turns red again

I breathe through my nose, slow, I try to calm down, but the conversation with Clara keeps repeating itself in my head.

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