Chapter 545

His thin lips parted as if to speak.

But Josephine didn't give him the chance.

She'd said everything she needed to say to Charles.

If he truly felt any guilt, he ought to step away on his own.

"Brooks."

Josephine looked at Brooks, who had come to pick them up.

She hadn't wanted Brooks to accompany them to the follow-up appointment today.

When Eve was discharged from the hospital before, it was just to see how Brooks would act.

In fact, over the past year, she had seen for herself how sincere Brooks was toward Eve.

Before, with Charlie's grudge unresolved, Eve couldn't bring herself to think about her own happiness.

But now, with Charlie's revenge fulfilled, it was time for things to settle.

She and Brooks ought to make things official.

Brooks strode toward them.

In front of Charles, Josephine placed Evelyn's hand firmly into Brooks's.

Brooks didn't hesitate for a second-he took her hand and held it tight.

Evelyn didn't pull away.

the sudden change in Charles's

gaze locked on Eve and Brooks's

was taut, barely containing the storm of emotion inside

Brooks

Her stance was unambiguous.

was the outsider

Brooks. They were her

flickered deeper

could do. He could only watch as Brooks

spot, fists clenched at his

agony in his eyes was a fierce, undeniable love for Evelyn-and

Josephine was right. He

He was guilty.

Deeply guilty.

could make

rest of his life

only Eve and Ms. Josephine would give him a chance, he would give them

...

being handled by Blake; the legal wheels

evidence so clear,

the

had to go there himself to light a

Charlie-to beg forgiveness, to

that morning, Charles drove to

chapel was bustling

at dawn, the mountain trail

Seven hundred and seventy

п

led to the chapel-a pilgrimage of devotion.

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