The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 404

Chapter 313. Paranoia?

Chapter 313: Paranoia?

Clara

The day starts well… Too well. And that… should be enough to make me feel calm, but it isn’t.

I’m in the kitchen, leaning slightly against the counter while I wait for the coffee to brew.

The house is quiet, that comfortable silence I used to love so much.

Now… I couldn’t say, I look out the window.

The morning light comes in softly, illuminating everything with a calm that seems to promise

nothing bad can happen.

I exhale.

“You should relax…” I murmur to myself.

And I try, I really do.

“Good morning…” Ethan’s voice comes from behind me, warm, close.

I smile before turning around.

“Good morning.”

He comes closer, puts his arms around my waist, and kisses my temple.

I close my eyes for just a second. This… This is real. This is what matters.

“Thinking again?” he asks softly.

I open my eyes.

“I’m always thinking.”

He lets out a small laugh.

“Yes, but even more so now.”

I pull away slightly, picking up my coffee cup.

“I’m fine,” I reply automatically.

He watches me for a few seconds longer than usual, as if he doesn’t quite believe me. But he doesn’t press the issue.

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“I have a complicated morning ahead of me,” he says. “But I could slip away at lunchtime. Shai.e

have lunch?”

I look at him and nod.

“I’d like that.”

“Perfect.”

He kisses me again, this time on the lips, softly, briefly. And he leaves, just like that, just like that

I’m alone again. And for a moment… Everything seems to be in its place.

The morning at the office unfolds normally: meetings… calls.

I’m efficient, Clara Si

distracted, the o

But… There’s

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ir the one who has everything under control, the one who doesn’t get

esn’t hesitate.

mething small that doesn’t quite fit.

ments when I feel that sensation again. That same one, as if…

1. My hand stops on the paper, my breath too.
2. But it’s there.

gaze. The office is empty, silent.

place, nothing strange. Nothing… And yet… I turn slightly toward the closed door.

or a few seconds, waiting.

ow for what, but waiting.

g happens, nothing moves, nothing makes a sound… I exhale slowly.

re tired,” I whisper.

nd I go back to what I was doing.

Lunch with Ethan arrives sooner than I expected. We go to a nearby restaurant.

Nothing ostentatious, nothing extravagant. Just… us. And that should be enough.

“Have you thou

I know ex

“This

book the date again?” he asks, glancing at the menu.

small smile.

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He looks up immediately. His eyes sparkle.

“Really?”

I nod.

“Yes… I think it’s time.”

His smile is… genuine, happy. And for a second… it’s contagious.

“You have no idea how much I wanted to hear that,” he says.

He places his hand on the table, and I take it.

“It it too…” I reply softly.

ean it, I want it.

at, I want this life, I want this future. So… why…?

e shifts, involuntarily, to the other side of the restaurant. And there it is again, that feeling.

someone… is watching me.

own slightly, scanning the room: occupied tables, people talking.

Nothing out of the ordinary, nothing remarkable, nothing…

“Clara?”

I blink.

Ethan,

“Yes?”

“Everything okay?”

I nod quickly.

“Yes, I just… thought I saw someone I knew.”

He looks around too.

“Do you want to check?”

“No… it’s nothing.”

I smile, dismissing it as if it really isn’t important. But when I look again…

There’s no one there no one looking at me no one watching me.

Chapter 313 Paranoia?

No one.

The afternoon continues. I return to the office, I work, I focus, I force myself. Because I’m not going

to let my mind start playing tricks on me.

i

Not now, not when everything is… fine.

But then… It happens again. I’m standing, organizing some files, when I clearly feel… that gaze,

more intense, closer.

My body reacts before my mind; I turn around quickly. Too quickly.

Nothing… Again, nothing.

The hallway is empty, my office door open. The silence is absolute, but my heart… is beating faster

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