The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 169

Chapter 120 Friends 1

Chapter 120: Friends.-1

Ethan

I wake up… different. It’s not just that I slept well, it’s something else.

Something lighter, more… of course. I open my eyes and for a second I stare at the calling silence, feeling how the air enters and leaves my lungs without that weight that used to

accompany me.

And then… I smile. Like this, for no apparent reason. Or rather… with a very clear reason

Clara.

I run a hand over my face and sit up on the bed, everything in the room feels the same…but t

is not.

Because I’m not the same as I was a few days ago. I walk to the bathroom, take a quick shower, and as the water falls on me, I close my eyes for a second.

I remember her… Her voice, her laughter. The way she looked at me last night, the way she held my hand.

I exhale.

“This is real,” I murmur to myself.

I go out, I get dressed without wasting time, but without that tense rush of before.

Today… I’m not running away from anything.

Under the stairs. And as soon as I set foot on the main floor, I see her.

“Good morning,” I say, with an energy that I didn’t even expect.

The housekeeper looks up, clearly surprised.

“Good morning, sir…”

There is a pause, he observes me for a second longer than normal.

As if she were trying to understand what changed, and she is not the only one.

One of the employees passes behind me and also gives a quick, curious, almost bewildered look.

I smile to myself.

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“Today is going to be a good day,” I add, more for me than for them.

I walk to the kitchen, grab a cup of coffee, and take a sip.

It tastes better, everything tastes better.

I leave the house shortly after, keys in hand, and drive to the company.

The traffic, the noise, the city… Nothing bothers me, nothing weighs me down.

It’s as if everything flows effortlessly.

I arrive, park, and upon entering the building, my assistant gets up immediately.

But she doesn’t say the usual, she doesn’t start with the agenda.

Not with earrings, she stares at me.

“Sir…”

I raise an eyebrow, amused.

“What’s wrong?”

She hesitates for a second.

“You look… very… very happy.”

I can’t help but let out a little laugh.

I narrowly lowered my gaze, shaking my head softly.

“I’m in the mood,” I reply. “That’s all.”

But I know it’s not “everything.” And I think she knows it too.

She nods, although she doesn’t seem entirely convinced.

“I’m glad, sir.”

I walk into my office without saying more, close the door behind me. And for a second… I’ll stay there.

Standing, in silence. As if I want to savor this.

This feeling, this moment.

I walk to the desk, put my things down and sit down. I settle into the chair, relax my shoulders.

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And then… without realizing it… I start humming

It was a melody, it sounded very low.

It was almost unconscious… Any melody, but constant. Lightweight.

My fingers gently tap the desk to the beat, and I can’t help but smile again.

Because it was a long time ago… a long time… that I didn’t feel that way.

Without fear, without that constant pressure of losing something before you have it. Now… It

is not a fantasy.

It’s not a distant idea, it’s real.

Clara is here, she is close. She is… returning. And for the first time in a long time… I’m not thinking about what could go wrong. I’m thinking about everything that can go right.

I lean back in the chair, staring at the ceiling for a second.

“I’m not going to lose her again,” I murmured.

And this time… It doesn’t sound like a wish. It sounds like a decision.

I know that men will understand me. Only men… When we look at a woman and we know that she will be the woman, the wife and mother of our children, we fight for that.

Clara was that woman, she always was, but because I was an idiot, I almost lost her.

“Perfect, then we’re like this,” I say, looking at the screen. “I send you the settings before the end of the day.”

I pause briefly.

“Thank you for your time.”

The virtual meeting ends. The screen turns off and just as I put the laptop aside…

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