The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 265

Chapter 189: I Know the Answer, Part 2.

Vanessa

And then… when he sees my eyes, he knows he can’t lie to me, not to me.

He does.

“I don’t like seeing her with him.”

I let out the breath I’d been holding. I knew it… I knew it. Hearing him say that gives me a little

satisfaction.

My smile grows slightly, very faintly. But impossible to hide completely.

“Ah…” I take a step toward him, closing the distance. “Now we’re speaking the same language.”

His gaze locks onto mine, more intense… more direct.

“You’re not comfortable with it either.”

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I rim of my glass.

I don’t deny it, not immenslyn “Let’s just say… I have my

But you know that, so… you could sense it too, couldn’t you?”

He lets out a small exhalation, as if that confirms something.

“You know that’s not a coincidence. That day, when we first spoke after I spilled coffee on your

blouse.”

I look up.

“What?”

“About them, when you talked about her, when you asked about Clara… when you asked me to have

lunch. I knew you hadn’t gone to the building just for a piece of fabric… you could have thrown that

handkerchief away.”

“Yes, that’s right… but you had trouble admitting that it was really bothering you inside that your

Clara was with Ethan, right? That they were together again.”

I watch him for a few seconds. Assessing.

“It doesn’t bother me the way you’re making it out to be… it’s not relevant to that extent.”

“Nothing in their world is,” I reply calmly. “Nothing in his world…”

“Nor in yours…” I add mentally.

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The silence returns. But now… it’s different. More intense, more… aligned, because we’re no longer two strangers talking. No. Now there’s something in common. An invisible line has just been

drawn between us. And we both know it.

I move a little closer, close enough to leave no room for doubt.

“So…” I say softly. “What did you really come here for, Alexander?”

My voice barely lowers.

“Because I don’t think you came here just to tell me you don’t like what you see.”

He holds my gaze. And in that instant… I understand. This isn’t impulse, not entirely. Let’s say a tiny

bit of impulse pushed him here; that trigger was the same one that ruined my night. The

confirmation that they’re back together, that they went to that event together, says it all. But at the

same time, I see… need. It’s strategy… in the making. It’s something that’s just beginning to take

shape.

And I… I smile, because I know

ally

actly what it is. And what it can become.

“We have a problem,” he says.

I tilt my head, intrigued.

“We?”

My smile widens slightly.

“Why do you say ‘we‘? That sounds… dangerous.”

There was a hint of mockery in my tone.

“I know you’re just like me, Vanessa. You can’t deny it; I can see from your expression that you’re

also really messed up about all this. So much so that you came looking for me…”

My smile remains, but deep down… it’s true, he’s never wrong. And I wasn’t wrong either, knowing

that Alexander is one of those people who can read people well; he knew how to read me. I like the

way it sounds, a lot. Because if there’s one thing I know… it’s that shared problems… tend to

become alliances. And alliances… into something much more interesting.

“What else do you want to say?”

I took a sip of my wine, and then he asked for a glass.

“I’ll take the glass you offered; I’ll accept it now.”

I nodded, got a glass, and poured one for him.

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The man took a large sip, as if he needed it to be able to speak.

“You said you were a ‘witness.‘ How much do you know?”

I smiled and savored the liquid in my mouth.

“I know everything, Alexander… everything.”

“I want to know then… I want to know everything too.”

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I nodded, walked over to him, and sat down in front of his armchair. I swirled my wine carefully and

focused on his eyes, eyes that screamed desperation. I know that look; I had that look myself for

so many, many years…

“I knew Ethan long before she did. I was his girlfriend before she came into his life.”

Alexander frowned.

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