The Day Our Promise Breaks

At that moment, she looked into his eyes, which reflected her own image. Summoning her courage, she walked over. She kicked the bullies a few times. Her legs were still shaky, making her kicks feeble and ineffective. Charles let out a soft scoff, "You're utterly useless." As his words fell, he lifted his foot and stomped down hard on the waist of the bully, who attempted to assault her.

Charles incapacitated him completely.

In that instant, Evelyn could clearly hear her heart pounding, like it was about to leap out of her chest. Her heart had just begun to awaken to love, and now she harbored a secret. A secret about Charles.

Once upon a time, Charles had been so good to her, but all that changed after Dahlia appeared.

Evelyn forcefully closed her eyes, pushing down the tumultuous emotions inside her.

When she opened her eyes again, she was calm. She leaned against the wall, struggling to stand up.

Limping step by step, she moved closer to the man, raising her leg with all her remaining strength. She wanted to stomp down hard on the man's waist as payback for harassing her.

Amidst his agonized screams, her legs gave out, and her body slumped. This time, she did not fall to the ground because an arm encircled her waist from behind, pulling her into an embrace and lifting her off her feet.

At that moment, Evelyn was too weak to struggle. Charles carried her to his car parked by the roadside. Standing by the car, he called the police.

The police arrived quickly. After giving her statement, Evelyn left the police station at nearly midnight.

She was about to call a taxi when Charles' car stopped in front of her. His cool, indifferent voice reached her. "Get in."

"No, thank you." Evelyn didn't move.

Charles' expression darkened. "What, wasn't what happened earlier enough for you? Do you want to experience it again?"

further. She put away her phone, opened

as she was buckling her seatbelt. She was about to get out, but the car suddenly started moving. She was unsteady, so she reached out to stabilize herself and quickly fastened her seatbelt. She turned

station wasn't far from

car stopped. Evelyn got

she collapsed on

a while before getting up

on her leg, she cleaned herself up and lay in bed. As her nerves relaxed, her mind was filled with

safe and sound, the fear and despair were inescapable and lingered in

bottle of wine Adam had bought to celebrate

for soothing nerves, allowing her a good night's sleep. She opened the bottle and poured herself a glass, drinking it in one gulp. Then she

alcohol hit her. She wasn't a strong drinker, and after three glasses, she was noticeably tipsy. Her

steps when she heard the door open. Instinctively,

It was Charles.

The room was

to clear her vision. Instead, she

his

She was unexpectedly docile. She leaned softly against Charles, her breath carrying a rich red wine aroma mixed with a faint scent of

Adam's apple bobbed as a hint of desire tinted his

and whimpered softly against the back of the sofa, her loose nightgown twisting. With just one look,

the pharmacy dropped to the floor with a "thud" as Charles gripped

were

her brain