The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 416

Chapter 325 My Soul in Pieces, Part 2.

Chapter 325: My Soul in Pieces, Part 2.

Ethan

Motionless, that’s how she was… too still, too fragile.

My heart breaks, because her face… It has marks, bruises. A bandage encircles her head.

Her pale skin, her lips… Colorless.

“No…”

The word escapes me. I close the door behind me and walk slowly toward her.

As if I’m afraid she’ll disappear.

“Clara…”

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My voice is a whisper. I reach her side. I look at her, and something inside me completely unravels.

“God…”

I run a hand over my face. The tears are already there.

I can’t stop them. I don’t want to.

“What happened to you…?”

My voice cracks. I observe her. Every detail, every wound, every mark.

And I feel guilty… So guilty.

“I should have come for you…”

The words come out on their own.

“I should have been with you…”

My chest aches.

“You shouldn’t have been alone…”

I reach out, but stop halfway.

I don’t know if I can touch her, I don’t know if I’ll hurt her, I don’t know anything.

“Shit…”

I whisper.

My fingers tremble, finally… I touch her hand carefully, as if it were made of glass.

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Chapter 325 My Soul in Pieces, Part 2 Cold, too cold.

“I’m here…”

My voice is barely audible.

“I’m here, Clara…”

I gently squeeze her hand.

“Wake up…”

Tears fall uncontrollably.

“Please…”

My forehead moves closer to her hand.

“Wake up…

Silence… She doesn’t move, doesn’t react.

Nothing.

“Don’t do this to me…”

My voice breaks completely.

“Don’t leave me like this…”

I close my eyes and for the first time… in a long time… I feel completely powerless.

Because there’s nothing I can do, nothing I can fix, nothing that depends on me.

Just… wait.

And that… is the worst part of all, but I don’t move.

I don’t pull away, I can’t.

My fingers grip hers a little tighter, as if that minimal contact were the only thing keeping me standing. I look at her again and it hurts more. It hurts in a way I didn’t know existed.

“I love you…”

The confession comes out broken.

Too late… Maybe too late.

“I love you, do you hear…?”

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Chapter 325. My Soul in Pieces, Part 2. My voice trembles.

“And I didn’t know…”

I swallow.

“I didn’t know that seeing someone you love like this… hurt so much.”

I close my eyes for a second, but I can’t keep them closed.

I’m afraid. Afraid that if I stop looking at her… she’ll disappear.

“I wish it were me..”

I whisper… My voice trails off.

“I wish it were me there…”

I squeeze her hand a little tighter.

“Not you…”

My breath catches in my throat.

“Not you…”

I shake my head, tears streaming down my face.

“You don’t deserve this…”

I move closer, carefully. As if every inch were sacred.

“You’re the one who should be laughing… arguing… talking nonstop…”

A broken laugh escapes me.

“Not like this…”

I look at her face again, the bandages, the bruises. And something inside me fills with rage.

“Whoever did this…”

My jaw clenches.

“They’re going to pay.”

But even that… feels empty.

Because none of that wakes her up, none of that brings her back.

I wasn’t sure how things had happened, but whatever it was, I’d find out… deep down, I wanted

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someone to blame, someone to unload all of this on.

“Please, Clara…”

My voice breaks again.

“Don’t leave me alone in this…”

My thumb gently brushes her skin.

“Don’t leave without listening to me…”

I take a deep breath, but it’s not enough.

“Wake up and scream at me… if you want.”

A sad smile forms on my lips.

“Wake up and tell me I’m an idiot…”

My voice trembles.

“But wake up…”

Silence… Only the sound of the machines.

That constant beeping… Which is now the only thing that assures me she’s still here.

“I don’t know how much time I have…”

I murmur.

“They told me ten minutes…”

I look at the clock. I don’t want to. But I do, and I feel like time is mocking me.

“It’s not enough…”

I shake my head.

“It’s not enough…”

I look at her again.

“It’s never enough with you…”

My forehead rests gently against her hand.

“I always want more time…”

I close my eyes and let the pain out.

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Uncontrolled, unfiltered.

“Stay…”

I whisper.

“Please…”

My voice is barely a thread.

“Stay with me…

Silence.

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But this time… I won’t let go, I won’t leave, I won’t give up. Because if there’s one thing I’m sure of..

It’s that I’m going to stay here, even if she doesn’t wake up now, even if I have to wait hours… days… whatever it takes.

“I’m not going anywhere…”