The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 190

Chapter 134:1 Don’t Plan to Lose.-2

He holds my gaze, but doesn’t respond immediately. And that second… that little second of pause… it says more than it should

“Clara…”

His tone barely drops.

“If you think I was the one who did this… it is not like that.”

I stare at him, looking for something, a crack, a sign. Something… But nothing is obvious.

As always.

“I went to your office,” he continues. “I talked about it with you directly.”

He pauses.

“Do you remember?”

And there it is, the lie. I feel it… Not because I have proof, but because it doesn’t fit.

Because that wasn’t a conversation, that was a warning. A signal, not a real warning.

I purse my lips.

“It wasn’t the same.”

My voice drops a little, but it doesn’t lose strength.

“It wasn’t even close to the same.”

He steps toward me, not aggressive. But he is firm.

“I told you that this adjustment was weak.”

“You didn’t say that,” I interrupt him.

My breathing quickens. Again.

“You hinted. You pointed out. But you didn’t say anything concrete. Nothing that justified taking it to that

level.”

He tilts his head slightly.

“I didn’t think it was necessary.”

That phrase, that damn phrase. I feel something in my chest.

A sharp blow.

“Sure…” I murmured.

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Htake a step back, not to run away. To take a distance.

“Because it was easier to let others do it.”

Silence.

The wind passes between us, but it doesn’t cool anything.

“You’re looking at this from the wrong place,” he says.

His tone changes slightly, firmer. More… incisive.

“No,” I answer immediately.

“Yes”

Take another step.

“You’re out of focus, Clara.”

The word hits me, again.

“I’m not.”

But this time… it doesn’t sound so solid. And I know it, he does too.

“You are,” he insists.

“No.”

“Yes.”

We stared at each other. And this… this is no longer professional.

Not quite.

“You are making important decisions from an emotional place.”

There it is.

He says it bluntly now. My chest rises hard.

“That’s not true.”

“No?”

His eyebrow is barely arched.

“Then tell me… when was the last time you checked that adjustment with the objectivity it requires?”

Silence, I don’t answer. Because I know the answer and I don’t like it.

“Love is beautiful, Clara,” he continues.

His voice is low, but not soft. It is… precise.

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“But it can cloud judgment.”

I feel an intense burning in my chest, sharp and direct.

“Don’t bring that up

“It’s already here.”

The answer comes immediately.

“From the moment it started affecting your decisions.”

“It’s not affecting anything.”

“It already did.”

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I keep quiet, because this time… I don’t have an immediate answer. And that… That changes everything.

I clench my fists.

“You’re crossing a line.”

My voice is lower now, but more dangerous.

“No,” he says. “I’m marking it.”

That phrase… It takes my breath away for a second.

“We are partners,” he adds. “And that implies shared responsibility.”

He gets a little closer.

“I can’t afford to ignore signals just because they’re coming from you.”

My jaw clenches.

“Signs?”

“Yes.”

He makes a slight gesture with his hand.

“Hasty decisions. Lack of support. Emotional reactions.”

Each word… is a blow.

“That doesn’t define me.”

“No.”

He shakes his head gently.

“But it’s starting to show.”

Silence, more silences.

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I feel my heart beating strongly, in my temples. In the chest, in everything. Because this… This is no longer just a discussion.

It is something deeper, more dangerous. Because he’s not screaming, he’s not attacking openly.

He is… planting doubts. And that… that’s worse.

“You’re not going to make me doubt myself.”

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