The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 356

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Chapter 266: I need to confirm it.

Clara

I couldn’t concentrate, I tried. I really tried. But my mind kept returning to the same place.

Alexander.

I couldn’t feel at ease, not since my suspicions about him had intensified.

I paced back and forth in my office, clutching my arms to my chest. I felt anxious, a horrible anxiety that had my heart racing since early morning.

I looked at the documents on my desk for the fifth time. The copies Howard had given me- the dates didn’t match, nor did the modifications. And then there was the engineer.

“I warned Mr. Alexander not to use that elevator.”

I closed my eyes for a second. I needed something more, something that pointed directly at him, something more than just suspicion. I could still hear that phrase perfectly.

I opened my eyes again and let out a shaky sigh.

No, I didn’t want to believe it. Because if Alexander had done all that… then he had also put me in danger. And that was what was affecting me the most. That I trusted him… I trusted him when the elevator started moving, I trusted him when he hugged me, I trusted him when he said everything was going to be alright.

My throat closed up.

I stopped in front of my office window and looked down.

New York was still moving as if nothing had happened. People coming and going. Cars, lights, noise. And I felt my world slowly beginning to sway.

I heard movement outside, I barely turned my head.

Alexander came out of his office, my breath caught in my throat. He was dressed entirely in jet black, elegant, confident. As always. He was carrying a folder in one hand while talking to one of the assistants from the finance department. And then something absurd happened

I looked at him, trying to find guilt in his face, but I saw nothing. Nothing. No nerves, no

tension, no fear.

Alexander walked like a man who was in complete control.

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My fingers slowly closed around my arm, and he looked up at that moment.

For a second, I thought he was going to see me through the glass, but no. He kept walking. Then he disappeared toward the elevators.

I swallowed hard. And before I could stop, I left my office.

My assistant looked up as soon as she saw me.

“Everything alright, Miss Sinclair?”

I nodded quickly.

“Yes… yes, of course.”

My voice sounded strange even to me. I glanced down the hallway where Alexander had disappeared.

“Did Mr. Alexander leave?”

“Yes. He has a meeting with the investors from Brooklyn.”

“Oh, so… he’ll be out?”

“Yes… I think he’ll be out for at least an hour and a half.”

My heart pounded. An hour and a half. My mind reacted before I could think about it too much. Before fear could stop me, because a part of me couldn’t bear the doubt any longer. I needed to know, I needed to stop imagining scenarios. I needed to confirm if Alexander was guilty… or if I was going crazy.

“I understand,” I murmured.

My assistant went back to her work, and I stood still for just a few seconds. Feeling my breath quicken, this was wrong. Very wrong. I shouldn’t go into his office, I shouldn’t go through his things, I shouldn’t invade his privacy like that. But then I remembered the elevator stopping abruptly. The lights going out, my fear. And the engineer’s words.

“He knew.”

“Son of a bitch, I could have died that day…” I whispered to myself.

I closed my eyes for just a second, then turned around and started walking toward Alexander’s office.

Each step made my heart beat faster, my hands started to sweat I felt quiltu of finding something. But were

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becoming paranoid.

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