The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 306

Chapter 219 No Mistakes -2

ུ ི༡པ་ཁ་སྐབབསྟེན

Chapter 219: No Mistakes…-2

I breathe more slowly, more consciously.

I feel the weight of the glass in my hand, but I don’t grip it like before. Now I hold it…. with control. As if that small gesture were enough to remind me that I can pull myself together. That I must, I observe him, Alexander. That man who, just a few minutes ago, disarmed me with words… and now begins to show something else. Something I didn’t expect: flaws,

mistakes, cracks.

“And yet… it didn’t happen,” I say, settling into the sofa, crossing one leg over the other.

My tone is more steady. More like me.

“What did you do?”

He doesn’t dodge the question, doesn’t soften it, and that interests me.,

“I wanted to open her eyes… the wrong way.”

I narrow my eyes slightly.

“How?”

“The hard way.”

Silence.

My attention sharpens.

“I spoke with her. I was direct. I told her some harsh truths…” He pauses briefly. “And people aren’t ready for harsh truths.”

My fingers slowly swirl the glass. That… is true, but also… dangerous.

“Those days were very tense,” he continues. “Every time we talked… and the subject came up … we ended up arguing.”

I observe him more closely now, piecing together the picture. Piece by piece.

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“I let her know she was stupid for choosing that man…”

My expression changes, automatically, subtly… but inevitably. I don’t like it, I don’t like it at all.

“Now the insults?”

My voice isn’t raised, but it is cold, sharp.

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Alexander turns to look at me without flinching, without backing away.

“To me, he’s a piece of shit.”

Direct… Unfiltered.

“And he always will be.”

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I barely clench my jaw, not defending him aloud, but something inside me… reacts. Because what I feel is one thing, and hearing someone else say it is another… very different. Even so… I say nothing. I just look at him, waiting, assessing.

He continues as if nothing happened. As if that comment carried no weight.

“The more I tried to make her see that… the closer they got.”

My fingers stop.

“Ethan and Clara. And I…”

He pauses, a longer one this time.

“I was starting to become the bad guy in the story.”

I tilt my head slightly. That… makes sense. Too much.”

“For telling her she was making a mistake.”

His voice doesn’t sound regretful, but it’s not proud either. It sounds… aware.

“Clara and I started to drift apart.”

There it is, the breaking point. I stare at him, without interrupting.

“Because of what I was saying.”

Silence, now heavy, dense. And then… he says it.

“And an idea occurred to me.”

Something inside me stirs, alert, interested, cautious.

“Something to regain her trust…”

He leans slightly forward.

“And I ended up pushing her further away from me.”

I stay there, at that exact moment. Holding his gaze, without speaking, but thinking deeply.

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<Chapter 220: Confessions.