The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 181

Chapter 130- Our House Part 2-1

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Chapter 130: In Our House, Part 2.-1

Ethan

The night ends up falling without me noticing. Or maybe it is… But I don’t want to interrupt what’s going on between us.

Clara is in front of me, with a glass of wine in her hand, sitting on the sofa as if that space were not foreign to her… but not completely her own. And I… I do not stop observing her.

Not obviously, but enough. Because every gesture of her matters to me.

Every pause, every silence, every little sign.

“… and then I realized that I had signed the wrong document,” she says, shyly smiling.

I let out a low laugh.

“That sounds very much like you.”

She looks at me, raising an eyebrow.

“Excuse me?”

I smile barely.

“Confident… until something doesn’t go as you expected.”

She denies, but doesn’t bother.

“I’m not like that.”

“A little”

There is a small silence… but not uncomfortable. Never uncomfortable and that… It continues to surprise

Because before, any pause between us had weight. Now… feels light.

I finish the wine in my glass, resting it on the table. And that’s when I notice it. The time.

My body barely tightens up, not much. Enough, because this moment… I was thinking about it before she

arrived.

“It’s late,” I say carefully.

She nods, putting down her glass as well.

“Yes…”

She stands up, I do the same. And for a second… I don’t know how to go on.

Ridiculous. It’s my home, but she’s here… And that changes everything.

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“Lasked them to prepare a room for you,” I say finally.

My voice comes out more controlled than I feel.

“A guest room.”

Clara nods, natural and calm.

“Okay… Thank you very much.”

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And that answer… it should be enough for me. It should be enough, but it is not. Because as I walk beside her down the hallway… I feel something else.

No urgency, no pressure. But yes… desire.

Not physical, not only. It’s something else, it’s wanting this to be real. Complete.

I run a hand over the back of my neck, feeling that nerve that I don’t usually have.

Ridiculous again, but I don’t stop. Not this time, we stop in front of the door. The guest room ready,

perfect, safe.

Everything she needs to feel comfortable. And yet….

“Clara…”

My voice stops her before she enters. She turns, looks at me. And for a second… I think so.

I could say nothing, I could leave it at that.

Easy, sure, but no.

I exhale.

“If I’m honest…”

I pause a little, not because I don’t know what to say. But because I want to say it well.

“I’d like you to sleep with me.”

Their eyes don’t leave mine, they’re not entirely surprised. But yes… they focus more.

“In our room,” I add.

And that word… I don’t take it down. Our… Because it was, and at some point… I want it to be again.

“In what was our room.”

Silence falls between us, but it is not uncomfortable. It is… important.

I don’t get close, I don’t touch her, I don’t pressure her. I just look at her, waiting. But without demanding.

“You don’t have to,” I add, more quietly. “Seriously.”

My voice changes slightly, softer, more honest.

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“I want you to feel good here… not uncomfortable.”

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