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.

wall, effectively pinning 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. Over Charles's

very reason Dahlia kept getting away with it. Her long-buried resentment cracked open wide. The deaths of Charlie and Grandma, two years past. Her mother now fighting for her life in surgery. All of it fueled the storm within Evelyn. Her gaze bore into Charles, growing

venting her fury. He didn't flinch, his eyes steady and deep, allowing her to release her pent-up

Evelyn hit him. He had changed, truly changed when it came to Evelyn. Even if he still believed she was Debbie, his care for Evelyn was

realize that

She cried, trying to get in

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

this, Evelyn's assault on Charles halted abruptly.

calmed down,

grip, looking at