The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 228

Chapter 159: Honest Answers, Part 2.-2

Clara swallows hard.

“So… why is she still there?”

The question returns. And I can’t help but sigh.

“The day I left her- I understood many things”

I run a hand around my neck.

“The way she reacted… what she said… How it affected her…”

I gently deny.

“That’s when I understood that she expected more than I thought.”

I pause.

“And in time- I think I ende

I look at her.

“But that doesn’t change who

It doesn’t change what I was.

up understanding everything better.”

happened.”

“She’s been…

Ound.”

I use that word carefully.

“She’s seen my life.”

My voice becomes more serious.

“She’s witnessed what I went through with you. Our marriage, our different phases. She knows what happened… she knows what we were.”

Clara shakes her head.

“I don’t think she’s aware of that.”

Her answer is firm. And I don’t contradict her right away.

Because… Maybe she’s right. But I need she to understand the most important thing.

“Maybe,” I admit. “But what she believes… or expects…”

I stare at her.

“I don’t care.”

Silence.

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“Because the only thing that matters to me

That’s how I feel about you”

EX

That much is clear, that much remains unchanged Clara doesn’t answer immediately, but then she asks the question I knew was coming.

“During our marriage…”

My chest barely tightens up.

“Were you with her?”

It doesn’t take me by surprise, but still… it weighs on me.

“No.”

The answer comes out immediately. Firmly.

“No.”

I hold her gaze.

“From the moment I married you… I haven’t been intimate with her again.”

I leave no room for doubt.

“If that’s what you want to know.”

Silence. Clara nods barely… But it doesn’t end there.

“And then?”

Her voice drops a little.

“After we separated… did anything happen?”

There… That’s where the truth becomes uncomfortable again.

But I can’t lie, not now. I shake my head… but not completely

“No.”

I pause.

“Not like you’re thinking.”

I look at her.

“The furthest I went with her… it was a kiss… With Vanessa, it was a kiss. I’m not going to lie. Yes, I went out with other women, not to rebuild my life, if there were moments with someone else, but nothing happened with Vanessa.”

Silence. A heavy one, one that I know hurts.

“A kiss that shouldn’t have happened.”

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Leay this bluntly.

And it happened… out of anger.”

I clench my jaw.

“Because I saw you.”

Clara frowns slightly.

“I saw you… and you were with Alexander.”

My voice is low.

“I thought you’d moved on with your life. That you were with him, that you were a couple.”

I take a deep breath.

“And I reacted badly.”

I don’t justify it.

“I let myself be carried away by the annoyance… because of the idea that I myself constructed.”

I look at her.

“And it was a mistake.”

Silence.

“But it didn’t go beyond that.”

That’s important.

“Because I know what it means to cross that line.”

My voice becomes firmer.

“And I know that with Vanessa- I can’t do it.”

Not only for Clara, but for me.

“Because I know that later it would be much more difficult to cut any ties.”

I look straight at her.

“I didn’t give her that necklace.”

I repeat.

“I didn’t give her any of that.”

I pause.

“In the past… There were details. Travel. Gifts.”

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Ldo not deny it.

“But that was before.”

Much earlier.

“Now… no.”

Silence, a final one.

One that leaves everything exposed.

“With Vanessa… nothing happens.”

My voice is clear.

“And it won’t happen.”

I hold her gaze.

“Never.”

And that’s where I stay.

Clara looks at me and frowns.

because now… The truth is already on the table. All of it.

“Vanessa was at your disposal all this time. She has been and nothing happened?”

I shook my head.

“It’s hard to believe, but it’s the truth. As a woman, she doesn’t inspire anything in me, I don’t like her. There is no attraction. If something had happened I would tell you, in the end, we were separated. But no, I don’t see what I want in her. What I want is you, Clara.”

I walked over and tried to hold her hand… but I felt that one contact at this point would be too much. “I’m sorry for all this, it could have been avoided. In many ways, it could have been avoided.”

She doesn’t say anything, just bites her lower lip and says:

“I’d like to rest for a moment, is it okay if we talk later?”

I nodded, it will be as she says, whatever she wants.

“I’ll come for you for dinner, I’ll be at your door at seven o’clock.”

Clara nods.

I move closer to her, take her cheeks and stick my lips to her forehead to give her a kiss.

Without another word, I simply leave her room.

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