The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 266

Watching Evelyn take care of Brooks like he'd had too much to drink, tenderly waiting until the chicken soup was just the right temperature before spoon-feeding him. Even when Brooks accidentally spilled some at the corner of his mouth, she'd gently wipe it away with a napkin. She moved so naturally with these close gestures.

Wasn't she the one who never got close to any man other than him? How could she be so intimate with Brooks? Could it be... she really had given up on him, no longer loved him?

From the day Evelyn first said they should break up, even though she seemed so sure about it, he never truly believed that Evelyn's love for him had faded. Because more than anyone, he knew how deep Evelyn's love for him was. He had always thought she would give up the whole world before she'd give up on him.

But now... Seeing with his own eyes, the tenderness and care that once belonged only to him, given to another man, and not just any man, but one who was in no way less than him. Charles felt a sudden panic. It seemed like Evelyn truly didn't love him anymore, like she was really letting him go.

A sharp pain gripped Charles's heart, a pain he hadn't felt even when Dahlia left him. His brows knitted together with his troubled thoughts.

"Mr. Jenkins, is there anything else bothering you?" The doctor, having just finished examining Charles, assumed he might still be feeling unwell and asked immediately.

Charles didn't answer, his eyes filled with deep sorrow as he stared across the room. It was as if he had lost someone very important.

After the doctor left, Charles didn't have the energy to get out of bed. He could only gaze longingly at the closed door across the hall, wondering if the two inside were sharing even more intimate moments.

Dahlia?" Aiden asked again. Having been by Charles's side for years, he knew how much Charles loved Dahlia. Now that he

for calling Evelyn, Aiden thought it was because Charles had just learned about Miss Charlie's death being connected to him,

surprise. When people are sick, they're at their weakest, and they

discomfort. Eve wouldn't want to

drained that when he woke again, it was already the next morning. He opened his eyes weakly, the first thing he did was look towards the opposite room. Both

broke last night, and he was discharged this morning."

doctor checked on Charles, who was recovering

here's a

have some," Aiden said, raising the bed and placing the breakfast, prepared by the Jenkins Estate

a while and should have been hungry.

the food, his mind

to Evelyn feeding Brooks

the previous day. The food felt tasteless

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