The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 407

Chapter 316-Slight Sensation

Chapter 316: A Slight Sensation.

Ethan

Today should be one of the best days, and in many ways… it is.

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I’m in my office, checking my phone for the third time in less than five minutes.

The message is still there.

“Everything went well…”

I read that part over and over…

I smile, I can’t help it.

I lean back in my chair, running a hand over my face as I let out a small laugh.

“God…” I murmur.

I don’t know exactly when this stopped being a distant idea and started feeling so… real.

A baby, my son… Our son.

The image forms in my mind effortlessly, too easily… Too clearly.

And that… hits me in a way I didn’t expect.

I remember my father, always serious, always busy, always… distant.

I don’t have many memories of him at home, not the kind I’d like, not the kind I would have wanted.

The ones I have… They’re brief, distant. As if they passed too quickly for me to hold onto them. And without realizing it… I repeated that with Clara, with my own life.

With everything.

I clench my jaw slightly.

“Not this time…” I whisper.

I’m not going to be that man, I’m not going to look back years from now wondering when I missed what was important, not with her, not with my family.

I jump to my feet, grabiny keys. I don’t think too much, I just act.

I want to see her, I want to hear her say it, I want to be there.

When I get to the office, I walk straight to her… I don’t announce it, I don’t knock.

I just walk in.

And there she is, sitting at her desk, perfect… As always, but… Something’s off.

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She looks up when she sees me and smiles, but it’s not the same smile.

Not quite.

“What are you doing here?” she asks.

Her tone is soft, normal, but her eyes… Her eyes aren’t on the same page.

I approach.

“I came to see you.”

I lean against the edge of her desk, observing her more closely.

“So?” I ask, unable to contain,myself. “What happened?”

Her smile widens slightly.

“Everything’s fine.”

My chest immediately relaxes.

“Really?”

She nods.

“Yes… all the tests came back clear.”

For a second… I don’t say anything, I just look at her, processing, feeling.

“Clara…” My voice comes out softer than I expected.

I lean towards her, cupping her face in my hands and kissing her.

It’s not a short kiss, not a restrained one… It’s… pure emotion.

“You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you say that,” I murmur against her lips.

She smiles, but when we pull away… There it is again, that little crack.

“I’m happy too,” she says.

And she says it well, she says it correctly, but it doesn’t feel complete.

I frown slightly.

“Are you sure?”

She blinks.

“What?”

Now… I feel you..”

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want to sound paranoid, I don’t want to ruin the moment, but I can’t ignore it either

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“A little distracted.”

She lets out a small laugh, light. Too light.

“It must be work.”

I nod, it could be. It makes sense, she always has too much on her plate.

“Is everything alright here?” I ask, looking around the office.

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My gaze lingers for a second on a rose petal perfectly placed on her desk, one placed with intention.

“Did they send you flowers?” I ask almost without thinking.

She looks at me and

s her head…

“Well, they sent

ago.”

“Who?”

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e…” she finally admits.

ere it is, I cross my arms.

Clara…”

She interrupts me.

“It’s nothing, Ethan.”

Too quick, too firm.

I watch her silently, she look

She avoids my eyes

“I hate it when

pers, arranges them, aligns them.

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She looks up.

“What?”

“When you decide something is nothing’ and that’s it.”

Her expression barely changes.

“Because many times it isn’t.”

“And sometimes it is.”

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