The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 408

<Chapter 317 She Can’t Give Him That

Chapter 317: She Can’t Give Him That…

Vanessa

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It wasn’t the first impulse, it was the last. The one that was missing, the one that finally broke something that had been cracking for days.

I’m inside the car, my hands on the steering wheel, my fingers barely tense, my gaze fixed straight ahead. I don’t blink; I don’t need to. Because I don’t want to miss anything.

The clinic is right across the street; it’s not hard to spot. I knew it the moment I saw Clara go in a few minutes ago, alone, calm. As if it were just any appointment, as if it weren’t… this. As if it weren’t important.

But it is… I feel it, I don’t know why I know.

I didn’t come here by chance; nothing I do now is by chance.

For days I’ve been following her movements, her routes, her schedule. I went into her office one morning and saw her calendar. She’ll come to this clinic frequently, but I don’t know exactly why. At that moment, I didn’t understand anything.

But then I saw her subtle variations; she’s consistent. And when something changes… You notice.

Today she didn’t go directly to the office, no. She took another route, and I followed her without her noticing.

She never notices.

My fingers tap the steering wheel gently, a slow, steady rhythm. As if marking the time for something about to happen.

The clinic door opens, my breath catches, there she is. Clara.

She comes out with that same expression I’ve learned to recognize, that mix of control and calm.

But today there’s something more, something different. Something… Light, she’s smiling. And that… I don’t

like that.

My eyes narrow, I follow her with my gaze as she descends the steps. And then… I see him.

Ethan.

My heart races at the mere sight of him, my eyes sparkle, and a smile spreads across my face, but then! remember her, and the excitement fades.

He’s leaning against his car, waiting for her with a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

ty fingers tense immediately, my breathing changes.

Der

re it is.

Chapter 317 She Gan’t Give Him That

She sees him and her smile changes, becomes wider. More alive, more… Real.

And he… He smiles too, in that way I know, in that way that… I clench my teeth.

Clara approaches, he takes a step toward her, puts his arms around her, kisses her.

And something inside me… Breaks.

It’s not the kiss, it’s not that… It’s not the closeness, it’s not the scene. It’s what comes next.

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Ethan pulls back slightly, looks at her. And then… His hand moves slowly, naturally, down to her stomach.

The world stops, my breath catches in my throat.

No, no, no.

My head shakes its head even before my mind can process what I’m seeing, but he does it again.

His hand rests on her stomach, carefully, intentionally, with something unmistakable.

And she… She doesn’t move away, she’s not bothered, she doesn’t stop him. She just smiles.

“No…” My voice comes out louder this time, broken, tense.

A heat rises in my chest, fast, violent, uncontrollable.

No, it can’t be. It can’t be… My mind starts putting pieces together, too fast, too clearly.

The clinic, the appointments… the flowers, the smiles… And that, that gesture.

“She’s pregnant…” I whisper.

The sentence hangs in the air, heavy, irreversible.

My hands grip the steering wheel so tightly my knuckles tense, they show…

No, she can’t give him that. She can’t give him… That.

My breathing becomes irregular, shorter and faster. Because that changes everything.

Everything.

It’s not just her, it’s not just her presence… It’s not just her damn perfection. It’s… A child.

His child… Ethan’s child.

My eyes lock onto them, out there, happy, peaceful. As if the world belonged to them.

“No…” I repeat.

But it no longer sounds like a denial, it sounds like something more. Like a decision.

My chest rises and falls sharply, my mind starts racing, fast. Very fast.

If that happens… If she gives him a child… There’s no going back.

Chapter 317-She Can’t Give Him That

Never, never.

My fingers grip the steering wheel tighter, I feel my skin tense. Like something inside me…

Hardens.

“I won’t allow it…” I murmur,

No, not that. That’s… Too much.

es don’t leave them for a second. Ethan kisses her again, short, soft.

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e… She leans toward him, trusts him, lets him. As if everything were alright, as if… she deserved it.

don’t deserve it…” I whisper.

oice is low, but firm. She doesn’t deserve any of it. Not him, not that life, not that future. And much s… that, a child.

My chest tightens, but it’s no longer pain. It’s something else, it’s clarity.

For the first time in days… Everything is clear, I can’t push him away.

I’m not going to fight him, I’m not going to beg… I’m not going to wait.

That’s over.

My gaze hardens, it’s her… I say softly.

She was always the damn problem, the obstacle, the missing piece. If she’s not here…

The idea forms completely this time, but more solidly. I had thought about it before, but that’s what it was, just thoughts, now it’s a decision.

Without interruptions, without doubts… Without fear.

If she’s not here… Everything changes. Everything rearranges itself, everything returns. Or at least… It gets closer.

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