The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 432

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Ethan

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I pause at the door, not going in immediately. My hard is still on the handle, but I don’t press it, I don’t know why.

Since when has coming to see my wife felt like this? The truth is… the truth is, I do know… all too well.

I’m afraid.

Not of the hospital, not of seeing her hurt… Not of the machines that have been keeping her company.

I’m afraid of her, of the way she looks at me. Of what’s missing when she looks at me.

I take a deep breath; I’m not going to avoid this. I said I wasn’t going to give up…

I finally push the door open, entering slowly, without making a sound. She’s awake, sitting up slightly in bed, her back against the bed, her hands on the sheets.

She looks… more present, more aware, but not closer. Not to me.

Her eyes meet mine as soon as I enter, and there it is again… That distance, that emptiness she makes me feel.

I close the door softly behind me and take a few steps into the room. But I don’t approach her… Not yet.

I want to kiss her, hug her, but I don’t want to invade her space, nor do I want to provoke another reaction. I don’t want her to push me away again.

So I stop.

I look around, searching for anything to say, anything that won’t hurt… Anything that isn’t about us.

My gaze drifts to the window; the sky is clear. The light streams in softly.

“It’s a beautiful day…”

I finally say, my voice sounding strange… Distant, as if it weren’t my own.

It’s like a comment I might make to a stranger, one I want to start a conversation with.

She doesn’t respond; silence… Heavy and uncomfortable.

I clear my throat. This feels…, it feels, I don’t know, embarrassing.

Silence settles between us. I feel my pulse in my neck, in my hands, in my chest.

I don’t know what to do, I don’t know how to be here without breaking everything. I walk a little further into the room, slowly… aimlessly.

As if I’m looking for something, but there’s nothing, because the only thing I want is right there. And I can’t

touch it.

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A few seconds pass, maybe more. I don’t know. Time here distorts, and then…

She speaks.

“Ethan…”

My name in her voice, but it doesn’t sound like it used to. It has no warmth, he history… Nothing.

“I know this isn’t easy for you…”

I look up, I observe her.

“But it isn’t easy for me either.”

I nod, slowly.

“I know…”

My voice is low, careful.

“Was it too sudden?”

I try to keep the conversation going, try to enter without forcing it.

“Waking up and knowing that… you married me again…”

I pause, swallowing hard.

“The man who…”

I shake my head slightly, a dry laugh escaping me.

“God… I can’t even say it.”

She watches me, serious, thoughtful. There’s no softness in her expression.

“I don’t remember any of that.”

The sentence lands directly, coldly at the same time. Emotionlessly, I clench my jaw.

“I know…”

I reply, though hearing her say it… will never be easy.

“I remember what we went through before…” She continues. “And it wasn’t exactly…”

She pauses… searching for the word.

“Beautiful.”

That hurts, more than I expected.

“Clara…”

I take a step toward her, but stop. I don’t want to get too close, I don’t want her to back away again.

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That changed…”

My voice becomes firmer, more real.

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