The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 403

Evelyn's kick landed squarely on Dahlia's face, drawing a sharp yelp of pain from her. Clutching her mouth, tears welled up as she turned to Charles. "Charles, help me." She expected him to do what he always did-push Evelyn away and comfort her. But instead...

"Eve!" Charles snapped to attention, rushing over to wrap his arms around

Evelyn, pulling her back. "Calm down." Evelyn's eyes burned with anger as she glared at Dahlia sprawled on the floor.

"Calm down? Dahlia's the reason Charlie and Grandma are gone, and now she's put my mom in the operating room, clinging to life. Charles, how can you expect me to be calm?"

"Let me go!" Evelyn struggled fiercely, but Charles's grip held firm. Her upper body was yanked back, pinned by his strength. She stopped struggling, but her fury hadn't burned out. She raised her leg again, kicking Dahlia with unrelenting force. Dahlia couldn't dodge and took a few more hits before Charles managed to pull Evelyn away.

Evelyn between him and the cold, hard surface. Caught in his hold, she couldn't escape. Her chest heaved with rage, hatred simmering beneath the surface.

resentment cracked open wide. The deaths of Charlie and Grandma, two years past. Her mother now fighting for her life in surgery.

Charles began, but she cut him off, her hand swinging up to slap him, venting her fury. He didn't flinch, his eyes steady and deep, allowing her

him. He had changed, truly changed when it came to Evelyn. Even if he still believed she was Debbie, his care for Evelyn was growing maybe even outweighing his feelings for her. Despite everything, Charles's heart was drawn to the real Debbie. From the start, it was Evelyn he truly cared about.

that Charles

my heart. She cried, trying to get in her wheelchair to intervene, only to stumble again. Charles

didn't care why Charles didn't dodge her blows. She wished she could truly make him feel her pain. Until Aiden's voice echoed

Jenkins, I've got the surveillance footage." Hearing this, Evelyn's assault on Charles halted abruptly. Her

calmed down,

his grip, looking at