The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 423

Chapter 332 Confusion, Part 2.

Chapter 332: Confusion, Part 2.

Clara

I don’t know how much time has passed since I opened my eyes… or if I ever really closed them

completely.

The first thing I feel is… weight, my body is heavy, my head… it hurts.

It’s not a sharp pain, not something I can pinpoint… it’s more of a constant pressure, like something is squeezing me from the inside.

I blink once, then again. Everything is blurry.

ghts… too white, the ceiling… unfamiliar. I frown, or at least I try to, because even that feels

am I? I try to move, I can’t. Or maybe I can… but barely.

eathing sounds… odd, artificial.

s when I hear the sound, a constant, rhythmic beeping. That sound again, but now clearer.

e after another…

And suddenly… I understand.

Hospital, I’m in a hospital.

My gaze moves slowly, scanning the space. Machines, tubes, lights. Everything is too clinical.

Too cold.

My heart races a little. What…? What am I doing here?

I try to remember something. Anything, but… Nothing.

There are no images, no scenes. No moment that tells me, “This happened.”

It’s as if my mind were… a blank page, empty. And that… That scares me a lot.

I swallow, or try to. My throat is dry, heavy.

I want to speak, but I can’t. The air goes in, but my voice doesn’t come out.

My breathing becomes a little more rapid.

Was I in an accident? Did I get sick? Did someone…?

No, nothing. There are ne

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Just this uncomfortable emptiness inside my head. And then… I feel it.

A pressure on my hand, something warm, that was… real.

I look down, slowly. And I see it, a hand holding mine, firm. As if it didn’t want to let go.

I slowly trace the path with my gaze, and then… I see her: my mother.

She’s

there, sitting beside me, asleep. Her head is resting near the bed, her face… tired

Too tired.

Her eyes are swollen, as if she’s been crying a lot.

My chest tightens; I want to say something to her, I want to call her. But I can’t.

I try to move my fingers; it’s difficult, it hurts. But I do it.

movement, minimal, but enough. Her reaction is immediate.

s, her head jerks up, she blinks… She looks at me, and in that instant…

hing changes in her face.

yes widen, as if she can’t believe what she’s seeing.

ara…”

Her voice comes out broken.

Filled with something I can’t quite decipher. Fear? Hope? Both?

She blinks rapidly, rubs her eyes. As if she thinks she’s dreaming.

She looks at me again, and this time… her lips tremble.

“Clara… you’re… awake…”

The way she says it… makes something inside me stir.

Although I don’t understand why.

Her emotion is so overwhelming that it compels me. She jumps to her feet.

“Clara!”

Her voice rises, breaks.

“My love!”

She squeezes my h

starts shouting.

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“Nurse! Nurse!”

Her voice fills the room, desperate, yet happy. So happy.

I just stare at her, confused, scared. Not understanding anything.

A nurse comes in almost immediately, approaches quickly, observes me. And her expression

changes too.

“She’s awake…”

She says, almost to herself. Then she nods.

“I’ll get the doctor.”

And she leaves. Everything starts moving too fast.

My breathing quickens again, my chest rises and falls with difficulty.

I don’t understand what

Why does it seem..

right?

pening, I don’t understand why everyone is reacting like this.

ant? Why is my mother crying? Why… do I feel like something isn’t

“It’s okay… it’s

My mother g

y face in her hands again, her hands trembling.

now…”

“I’m here n

Her tea

esn’t try to stop them.

ce breaks, “…I thought you weren’t going to wake up…”

deeper, I don’t understand… I don’t remember what happened to me, I want to

re…

hat she’s talking about, I try to speak again. But only a weak sound comes out, barely

urns, she notices.

ak… don’t speak yet…”

quickly.

thing’s fine… you’re fine…”

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I don’t know, it doesn’t feel that way. In a matter of seconds, the room fills up: doctors, nurses,

voices.

Too many voices.

“Pupillary response…”

“Stable blood pressure…”

“Carefully remove the ventilator…”

I feel hands, brighter lights. It’s uncomfortable.

I want to move, but I can’t. Someone leans over me, a doctor, watching me closely.

era, can you hear me?”

d, barely, or at least I try to.

Good… very good…”

His voice is calm, professional

“We’re going to remove t

He points to the venti

own. And that… Th

“That’s it…”

He says.

“Very g

comfort when they do. My throat protests. I breathe on my

different. But real.

My

?”

regular. But it works.

ne, as if I were… something fragile. As if any movement could break me, and

Ous.

y voice comes out broken. Almost nonexistent.

h; the doctor raises a hand.

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“Don’t strain yourself.”

But I need to know, I need to understand. My gaze shifts from one to the other, searching for

answers.

But no one gives me any.

Only stares, assessments, notes

“Responding to stimuli…”

“Adequate level of consciousness…”

“Let’s continue observation…” Their voices blend together, fade away.

And I still don’t understand anything, nothing at all.

My mother comes closer again, takes my hand once more. Softer, more present.

“Everything is fine…”

She repeats.