The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 412

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Chapter 321: The Call.

Ethan

125 Poiras

I don’t know when it started, there’s no exact time, no clear moment I can point to and say: that’s when it happened. I only know that something inside me… shifted.

I’m home… Everything is in its place, the lights are on, the table is clean, the comfortable silence of a space that should feel like home. But it doesn’t… Not tonight.

I look at the clock, Clara should have arrived by now.

It’s not too late to be alarmed, not yet, but there’s something in my chest that doesn’t feel right. A strange pressure, subtle at first, but constant.

I run a hand over my chest, right where I feel that discomfort.

I take a deep breath, nothing. I try to ignore it.

I walk around the living room, pick up my phone, check for messages. Nothing new.

The last one is from her…

“Yes. I’m on my way.”

I frown, that was a while ago. Not too long, but long enough.

“She must be driving…” I murmur.

Yes. That makes sense.

She can’t answer while driving. She’s very careful.

I put the phone down on the table, trying to distract myself. I walk to the kitchen, open the refrigerator without really looking for anything, and close it again.

I go back to the living room and look at the clock again. Time seems to be moving slower than usual.

Or maybe it’s just me.

I pick up the phone again, dial her number, it rings once, twice… three times, and nothing.

I hang up before it goes to voicemail.

“She must be driving…” I repeat, this time with less conviction.

I exhale.

I pace back and forth, try to sit down, but I can’t.

I get up again; there’s something in the air. Something I can’t explain, something that won’t leave me alone.

I call her again; it rings, nothing. Now I let it ring longer, nothing.

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Thang up… I run a hand over my face.

“Damn it…”

I stay still for a moment, listening to the silence of the house. And that’s when I feel it most strongly.

That weight in my chest, that discomfort that is no longer slight. It’s more pronounced, more present.

I clench my jaw.

“It’s nothing…” I tell myself.

But it doesn’t sound convincing, not this time.

I grab the car keys on impulse. I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do, but staying here… isn’t an option.

Just as I’m about to leave, the phone rings. I stop, look at the screen. Unknown number. My heart gives a sharp slap. I answer immediately.

“Hello?”

“Mr… Ethan?”

The voice is formal, cold, and professional. And in that instant… I know.

Something’s not right.

“Yes, this is he.”

There’s a brief silence on the other end.

Too long.

“We’re calling from the hospital…”

The world stops.

Literally… It stops.

“Hospital?” I repeat, confused.

“Your wife, Clara…”

I don’t need her to finish the sentence; my body reacts before my mind.

“What happened?”

My voice sounds harshei, more urgent.

“She was in a car accident. She was taken here a few minutes ago…”

I can’t hear everything, I can’t. The words blur together, becoming noise.

“Is she okay?” I interrupt.

Silence… That damned silence.

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“She’s being treated right now.”

She doesn’t answer my question, and that’s worse

“I’m on my way.”

I don’t wait any longer; I hang up. The keys are already in my hand.

I leave the house without fully closing the door.

I don’t care, nothing matters. Only one thing, Clară.

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The journey blurs; I don’t remember traffic lights, I don’t remember streets. I’m just driving faster than I should, faster than the speed limit. But I don’t care.

My hands grip the stee wheel tightly, my breathing ragged.

“No… no…” I murmu

My mind begins

Clara, alone, h

“Fuck…”

I slam on th

“Hang on

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mages I don’t want to see.

heel with the palm of my hand.

d, as if she can hear me. “Hang on, Clara…”

git takes me to get there, maybe minutes, maybe an eternity.

s in front of me, and I slam on the brakes, not even parking properly.

tout, and run.

bors open, and the smell of the hospital hits me immediately.

smell that never means anything good.

ay, approaching the counter. “They just brought her in… accident…”

nist looks at me, checks the system.

lara…”

cracks.

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“Down that hallway, at the end.”

I don’t wait any longer, I run. I literally run.

The people around me disappear, I hear nothing, i see nothing. Just that hallway, that direction.

I arrive, there’s movement, doctors, nurses, beds… Noise.

“Clara…” I say, looking around. “Where’s Clara?”

A nurse approaches.

“Sir, please…”

“Where’s my wife?” I demand,

My voice mes out louder than I expected, desperate.

She to

alm me down.

“The

ding to her.”

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her.”

sible right now.”

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