The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 397

Chapter 306 Ultimatum, Part 2

Chapter 306: Ultimatum, Part 2.

Vanessa

My father doesn’t move from his spot, he’s still there, in front of me like a wall, like a constant judgment I can’t escape.

And I… I’m still standing, feeling small. More than I’d like to admit.

He takes a deep breath, as if he’s holding back, as if he’s carefully choosing what to say.

“I’ll give you ten days.”

I look up, confused.

“Ten days to decide what to do with your life.”

I blink…

Ten days, it sounds short, it sounds like pressure, it sounds like him.

“I hope this time you’re smart enough…”

His tone doesn’t change, it remains firm, harsh.

“I hope you rethink your path… And that you tell me what you’re going to do.”

My throat goes dry.

“Otherwise…”

He pauses, and there he is.

“I’ll come for you.”

I feel the blow, direct.

“Because, even though I want to leave you here…”

His eyes lock onto mine.

“I can’t.”

Silence.

“You’re my daughter. What will people say?”

That sentence… That damned sentence…

It doesn’t sound warm, it doesn’t sound protective. It sounds… forced, like a responsibility he can’t

Chapter 306 Ultimatum, Part 2

let go of. Not like something he’s choosing.

I look away again.

“Try to get this organized.”

He says, looking around; I follow his gaze.

The bottles, the mess, the chaos.

“The way this place is…”

He continues.

“…that’s how your head must be.”

I press my lips t

“If you can’t

because he’s right. And I hate that he is.

in those ten days…”

His voice

“You’re

I swa

“1

way.”

e company.”

ause. The one that always precedes something worse.

ay.”

y?”

bice lower than I’d like.

t hesitate.

still using my money…”

ys bluntly.

hout having earned it.”

el something in my chest tighten.

en after you left the family b

mphasizes.

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“To go with him.”

I close my eyes for a second, there he is… Again, Ethan.

Always in the middle, always as evidence of my mistake.

“So don’t get confused, Vanessa.”

His voice is low, but still powerful.

“You’re not here because you can be. You’re here because I allow it.”

The silence falls heavily.

My eyes feel hot, but I’m not going to cry.

Not in front of him.

“You have ten days.”

He repeats it as if h

o remember.

“After that…”

He shrugs slig

“I decide.”

And th

Th

ts me the hardest. That in the end… It doesn’t matter what I want.

e else deciding for me.

s toward the door, and I don’t stop him.

because I have nothing to say. When he reaches the exit… He stops for a

g at me.

me come after you.”

And then… He leaves.

r closes, and the sound… It echoes louder than it should.

alone again, amidst the cha

around, slowly, heavily

thumb over it

ence. Amidst everything I am now.

‘s, to that empty ring finger.

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if

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But no… Nothing.

“Ten days…”

I murmur, and this time… It doesn’t sound like an opportunity, it sounds like a countdown.

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