The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 137

Chapter 100: Tranquility in the Midst of Chaos.-2

There is sincerity in my words, not reproach.

“And it wasn’t easy.”

I pause for a while.

“But I succeeded.”

I leave the fork on the plate for a moment.

“I learned to be happy alone.”

The light from the dining room falls softly on the table, on the food. About us.

“That’s why this scares me.”

My fingers go around the fork again.

“Because I have feelings for you again… it also means running the risk of losing myself again.”

I stare at him.

“And I don’t know if I could survive that again.”

Something inside me needed to say it, I’ve already learned it, I’ve already learned my lesson… not to silence anything, never again. If I liked something, I must say it, if I don’t like it, I also say it… if something makes me angry, if it hurts me, if it scares me… And this is one of those fears that begin to settle inside me.

I want to be happy, really.

In the past this same man sowed insecurities in me, distrust… And now, now I’m here.

I look at him as I finish saying those words, it wasn’t easy to admit it. Not in front of him.

Because Ethan was always the man who seemed unbreakable in my life. The man who was in control of everything, and now I’m the one who is leaving her fears on the table.

Silence settles between us for a few seconds, Ethan doesn’t respond immediately.

His eyes remain in mine, attentive, serious… but calm.

He doesn’t seem offended, he doesn’t seem impatient. Only… thoughtful.

Finally he leans a little towards the table.

“Clara,” he says quietly.

My name in his mouth always 50 different.

“I can’t promise you that I’ll never make mistakes.”

His words surprise me, because it is not the perfect answer. It is not an impossible promise.

It’s something more real.

“I’m human,” he continues. “And humans make mistakes”

His gaze becomes deeper.

“Now I know I can lose you.

My breathing slows down.

“And that difference,” he adds, “changes everything.”

His thumb lightly brushes my hand.

“I’m not going to ask you to trust me right away.”

He shakes his head softly.

“I only ask you to let me prove it.”

He pauses slightly.

“Day after day.”

The silence returns, but this time it doesn’t weigh down, there’s something different, something softer… Quieter.

My fingers slowly close around his, and for the first time since this conversation began… I feel the tension inside my chest loosen a bit.

I don’t have all the answers, nor all the guarantees. But at this moment… sitting across from / Ethan… I feel something I didn’t expect to feel tonight, tranquility.