The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 140

Chapter 103: Mine Again, Part 1.–1

Ethan

Clara looks at me when I finish saying it. The silence between us lasts only a few seconds, but for me it feels much longer. My heart keeps pounding hard against my chest, when I finally hear her answer, something inside me calms down… and at the same time it lights up

more. I take her hand, her fingers intertwine with mine.

I guide her into the house without saying anything else, we cross the hall in silence.

The house is quiet, barely lit by the lamps in the hallway.

We go up the stairs to the second floor, I feel her hand a little cold between mine.

I hold it more firmly as we make our way down the hallway I know by heart.

But this time… Everything feels different.

I stop in front of a door, the same door. The room that for years was ours.

I turn the handle, the door slowly opens. We enter.

As Clara crosses the threshold, I hear a soft‘ sigh come from her lips.

I also look around, the room is exactly as usual. The bed.

The lamps… The curtains. Everything is in its place.

“Everything is the same here, too,” I murmured.

My voice sounds lower than I expected.

I close the door behind us, the sound of the closing echoing softly in the room.

I look at her again, her eyes sweeping through space as if she were walking among memories.

I get a little closer, I raise my hand. My fingers gently brush her chin, guiding her gaze to me. Our eyes meet… And then I say the only thing that really matters.

“But something is missing.”

I pause slightly, I feel my chest tighten as I say it.

“I need you.”

Chapter 104 Mine Agam, Part 14

I kiss her again, this time the kiss starts differently. Slower, smoother. As if I wanted to memorize every second.

My hands rest on either side of her arms as our lips meet again. I feel the warmth of her skin under my fingers and begin to slide my hands slowly down her arms.

I kiss her calmly, unhurriedly. My fingers reach up to her hands and I take them between mine. I caress them gently as I continue to kiss her, as if to make sure she’s really here.

That it is not a memory, that it is not a dream. Then I let go of her hands, my arms around her waist. I pull her to me, her body sticks to mine, and I hug her tighter.

The kiss changes, it becomes more intense. Deeper, I feel her breath mingle with mine.

One of my hands slowly climbs up her back until I reach behind the back of her neck, my fingers get lost in her hair and I bring her a little closer to me. As if I feared that she might walk away.

As if at any moment she could regret it and disappear again from my life.

We are in my house, in my room. The same room that was once ours.

I’m kissing her, I’m holding her in my arms. And yet… the fear is still there.

Because after everything that happened between us, I still feel like I might lose her.

The kiss changes. It gets deeper… more urgent.

There’s something different about the way Clara responds now, as if she’s also been holding back everything she feels for too long. Her lips move more intensely against mine and I hug her tighter when I feel her hands rest on my chest.

I bring her closer to me. Our bodies are completely glued together.

Fora moment the world is reduced to that contact, to her breathing mixing with mine.

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