The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 554

"Eve!"

Seeing Evelyn standing there safe and sound, Charles's eyes reddened at the corners. He strode forward, overcome with emotion, and pulled her tightly into his

arms.

The thrill of getting back what he'd thought lost made Charles's embrace almost desperate.

He pressed his chin to the crown of her head, finally able to let go of the fear that had been strangling him since last night.

Thank God. His Eve was alright.

Charles moved so quickly that Evelyn didn't have the chance to dodge him.

The moment he wrapped her up, Evelyn's beautiful face, buried against his chest, turned cold.

She pushed against him, her expression full of rejection. "Let me go, Charles!"

But his arms only tightened, like vines refusing to release her, desperate for the warmth of her body.

"Eve, just let me hold you for a moment. Just one moment, please?"

Charles wouldn't let go, his voice pleading.

He didn't want to let go.

All he could think of was last night-rushing into the fire, seeing Evelyn lying there, barely breathing, her fate uncertain.

The image haunted him, filled him with a terror so deep it made his blood run cold.

He couldn't bear to imagine what if he hadn't made it in time last night?

If something had happened to Ms. Josephine and Eve...

The thought that he'd almost lost the most important people in his life made Charles want to pull Evelyn right into his very bones.

Only with her in his arms did he feel real.

wrong with you? I said let go! Didn't you hear

was unmoved by

matter how he begged, her heart was like

he lowered himself to plead with her, she remembered all those years together-how she'd begged him, again and again,

a little fatherly love, maybe Charlie wouldn't have left with so

remembered Charlie's last moments-how sad she'd

known that Charles had broken his promise to be with her, choosing to be

moment, Charlie understood her father never

always cut Evelyn to the core-and made her hate Charles

harder

resistance made Charles's

her showed no sign of

outside the door, watching the scene with his heart in

body. With Ms. Evelyn struggling like

wanted to speak up, but Charles

only stand in the doorway, worry written all over his

gown beneath, stained

but she was too focused on breaking free from his

she realized Charles was hurt, she

safe, her mind was consumed with thoughts

as she drifted in and out of consciousness with an oxygen mask on, she remembered hearing

to hold on,

said he couldn't live without

had saved both her and

would have died

been so fierce, but Brooks had

she woke up, Brooks was nowhere

injuries weren't serious, he never would

Evelyn not

break free of Charles's arms and

doing.

"Eve..."

rejection was like a

go? Not after last