The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 186

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Chapter 132: Looking for “Mistakes”-1

Alexander

The problem isn’t the numbers, it never is. Mediocre people think a business fails because of poorly

calculated figures, impulsive decisions, or bad investments. No… Businesses fail because of people.

Because of emotions, because of distractions. And Clara.., she’s starting to become a distraction.

It took me some time to understand it that way, well, from my beneficial perspective. After the small

exchanges of words that I have had with her, I noticed it.

I rest my elbows on the desk, interlacing my fingers in front of me as I watch the screen.

Her report is open in front of me, perfectly structured, orderly, clear.

As always.

There are no obvious flaws, and that… It’s a problem. Because when there are no visible errors…

You have to know where to look… So, I move the cursor slowly.

I don’t look for numbers, I look for decisions. Small details, changes of criteria. Variations in her way of executing, because Clara is not careless.

Clara is emotional, and that… always leave a trace.

That’s where I stop. An approval, a minimal adjustment in a projection, nothing serious.

Nothing that a normal person would question, but I’m not a normal person.

I tilt my head slightly, review the history, compare versions and there it is.

I knew I could find something. It was like that time at the meeting, something minimal… something, something small.

A last-minute change, without detailed justification, without complete support.

A decision made… by intuition. I smile barely.

“There you are…” I murmured.

It’s not a mistake, not yet. But it’s an entry into what I’ve been doing. And the cracks… they are the

beginning of everything.

I pick up my phone, I don’t call her, not yet. It is not the time.

This is not about confronting, it is about building. To create a scenario, to prepare the ground.

I close the file and open another, emails, conversations. Team tracking.

And I’m starting to see it more clearly, it’s not just that. They are small changes, shorter answers.

3. Chapter 132 Peeking for “Mistakes” 1

Less presence in certain processes. Delegation at key moments.

Clas

Nothing serious, but enough. Enough to start forming a narrative, and that… That’s what I need. Because in

business… Those who are right do not win, those who construct the correct history win.

I get up from my chair, walk to the window. New York stretches out in front of me, big, noisy, ambitious, exactly like this project. And that’s exactly why… I can’t allow mistakes.

I can’t allow weakness, I can’t allow… that Clara loses control.

I clench my jaw, because it’s not just the project. It’s not just the money, it’s her.

How she’s acting, how she’s changing. And I know why, I’m not stupid.

Ethan.

That name settles in my mind as a constant nuisance, an interference, an unnecessary and dangerous

variable.

Because Clara doesn’t know how to separate things, she never has. When she feels something… she gives

herself over completely.

It’s the only thing I can understand, the only reason I can give for going back to someone who doesn’t

value her.

She loves and gives herself completely, and when she gives herself completely… she loses perspective.

I close my eyes for a second, breathing, controlling. Because this is not personal, it should not be.

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