The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 225

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Chapter 157: Out of Focus.-2

And that… It weighs m.

“What things, Clara?” he asks.

Now his voice is firmer, more direct. More… needy.

I look at him for a second longer… And I feel how my mind begins to order everything I should say.

But it doesn’t come out, not yet. Because if I speak… I have to say everything.

And I don’t know if this is the time, I don’t know if he’s ready. I don’t know if I am.

I swallow hard.

“Ethan,” I begin.

But stop, he notices. Of course he notices… He always does.

His eyes don’t leave mine, as if he’s trying to read what I’m not saying.

“It’s not just the trip-is it?” he says.

It’s not a question, it’s a conclusion. And that… it forces me to react.

I take a deep breath.

“No.”

My fingers intertwine without me noticing, as if they need to hold on to something.

“There are things that happened,” I repeat. “And I need to explain them well to you,” I add. “But I don’t want

to do it halfway.”

His jaw tightens slightly.

“Then don’t do it halfway.”

His response is immediate.

“Do it now.”

My heart beats harder, because that means saying it.

I lower my gaze for a second, just one. And when I raise it again… I know I can’t keep avoiding this.

But I don’t want to do it that way either. Not after all that we have built in these days.

Not in the midst of this tension.

“Ethan,” I say, firmer now. “Give me a moment.”

He frowns slightly.

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A mantent for what?

“To sort this out,” I reply. “So I don’t say the wrong thing, so I don’t mix everything up. So I don’t confuse what I’ve come to assunte with what might have actually happened”

I get a step closer, not too close. But enough.

“Because it’s not a small thing.”

His eyes soften barely… but not entirely.

“I already understand that,” he says. “What I don’t understand,” he continues, “is why I feel like I’m late for

something.”

That phrase… That damn phrase. It hits me harder than it should.

I shake my head immediately.

“You’re not late for anything. On the contrary.”

My voice comes out faster than I expected.

Firmer.

“There’s nothing like that.”

He holds my gaze.

“Then explain to me why I feel this way.”

And finally I say,

TPR

“Because there’s someone else involved in this… and it’s not Alexander. If I tell you what I think and feel… So, I must tell you that I feel that you have lied to me… that you have mocked. Why didn’t I respond to your messages that night? Why… why not…?”

I inhale hard.

“Vanessa ruined my night, when she pointed to my necklace, the one you gave me. When I saw it on her chest… I, I destabilized myself in the most stupid, immature way… I left the event even though I knew I had an important conversation with my investor. I stood him up, Ethan. I left without saying anything, forgetting everything.”

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