The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 203

Chapter 142 Choosing You Again-2

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Silence falls between us. But this time… it does not weigh.

It feels necessary.

Clara lowers her gaze for a second. Then it comes back to me.

“I don’t want that either,” she says.

And her voice… she’s honest. No defenses.

“So,” I continue, “we have to do something different.”

She tilts her head slightly.

“Like what?”

I exhale slowly.

“Say things.”

Simple, straightforward. But not easy.

“Even if they are uncomfortable,” I add. “Even if we don’t know how to say them perfectly.”

I get a little closer.

“But to say them.”

She watches me silently, processing. Feeling.

“And listening” I add “Really.”

My hands come out of my pockets, I don’t touch her yet… But I’m close.

“Not to reply,” I say. “To understand.”

Clara nods slowly.

“That… we were missing” she admits.

And there is no reproach in her voice, only truth. I take it a step further… Now yes, I’m in front

of her.

I squat down.

“If I have to start from scratch,” I murmur.

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Her eyes barely open.

“I will.”

Her breathing changes.

“If I have to conquer you again,” I continue, “I will.”

A small smile appears on her lips.

“If I have to ask you to be my girlfriend again…”

There… her eyes sparkle.

“I will.”

My voice drops a little lower.

“If I have to ask for your hand in marriage…”

I pause.

Because this… is big.

“And marry you again…”

The silence becomes deep.

“I will.”

I don’t look away, I don’t back down.

“But this time…” I add, “right.”

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Clara doesn’t answer immediately, but I don’t need her to. Because I see it, in her expression.

In how her chest rises and falls, in how her eyes soften.

“Ethan,” she whispers.

And in that whisper… There are so many things. Doubts, hope, fear, and something else.

“I don’t want this to be perfect,” she says.

I frown slightly.

“I want it to be real.”

I nod.

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“Then we’re going to be wrong,” I reply.

A faint smile appears on my lips.

“But together.”

She exhales, and then… it happens.

She takes a step toward me, short, but enough. And that… that changes everything.

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My hand goes up slowly, hesitating for a second before touching her. But when I do… She does not turn away.

My fingers brush her cheek, her skin, her heat. I close my eyes for just a second.

“I want you here,” I murmur.

She looks at me.

“But not because it has to be this way.”

My thumb gently caresses her skin.

“Because you want to be here.”

Clara nods.

“I want to.”

That word… That word stays with me. And without thinking too much… I hug her.

But not with force, not with desperation. Calmly, with intention. She settles against me.

Her hands wrap around my back, and for a moment… everything aligns.

The air, the time. Us.

“We’re going to do it right,” she says against my chest.

I close my eyes.

“We’re going to make it ours.”

I hug her a little more, not for fear of losing her. But because now… She’s choosing to stay.

And that… is worth more than any promise. After a while we separated, but not completely.

Our hands are still together.

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“So,” I say, with a small smile, “does this mean that officially…?”

She raises an eyebrow.

“What?”

I tilt my head slightly.

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