The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 185

Chapter 131 Everything is More Real Now

And that small detail… touches me more than it should. Because it’s not the coffee, it’s that he

remembers.

It’s that he cares.

We took breakfast calmly. We talked simple things at the beginning. Ther work.

Business, our thing. And that too… It feels good. Natural, as before… but better.

No tension, no competition. Without that invisible weight that used to contaminate everything.

“I’m working on a new project,” I say. “The expansion with which we are in New York.”

He nods, attentive.

“With Alexander?”

And there… I feel it there. That small change.

It is not abrupt, it is not obvious. But it is, in his eyes. In how he stays a second longer in silence.

“Yes,” I answer.

I eat some fruit, more to do something with my hands than to hunger.

“It is an important project.”

I pause, unsure whether to say it. But I do it anyway.

“I’ll be honest with you, Ethan…”

I look up at him.

“Alexander’s been a little… rigid with me lately.”

I see how his expression changes, not much. But enough.

More attentive, more… tense. And at that moment… I know.

Maybe I shouldn’t say it, maybe this… it was not necessary. But I’ve already done it.

“Rigid how?” he asks.

His voice is calm, but not relaxed.

I exhale gently.

“I feel like he’s watching everything I do… in a very meticulous way.”

I look down for a second.

“But not in search of improvement.”

I pause for a while.

“In search of errors.”

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Chapter 131 Pverything le More Real Now ?

Silence sets in. And now yes… I notice it. Clearly.

Ethan doesn’t say anything right away. But his expression… it is no longer the same. And that…

It makes me realize

I shouldn’t have said so much, I didn’t want to bring this here. To this space. At this moment.

“But I understand,” I add quickly.

I look up, trying to soften it.

“It is a very important project.”

My fingers play with the cup.

“There’s a lot of money involved.”

I barely shrug my shoulders.

“I don’t think it’s because of anything bad.”

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I try to make it sound logical, professional, controlled. But inside… I’m not so sure. And I think he notices

The air changes a little, subtle. But enough. And yet… it does not break.

Because this place… because what we are building… It’s stronger than an awkward conversation.

I take another sip of coffee, slower this time. And I breathe, because, even if there is tension… even if

there are doubts… There’s something else too. Something that is felt here.

In this garden, at this table. In how he looks at me in how I feel. As if… little by little… something was

being repaired, not perfect. Not complete.

But real.

And that… That’s what I want to take care of.

The morning had barely begun, and I felt we had so much to relive. Ethan had clearly prepared everything and everyone for my arrival, and that made me happy.

He smiled at me as he finished his coffee. I smiled back, feigning composure, but inside my heart was racing, and my hands… my hands were cold.

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