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.

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

unmoved

her heart was like

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

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

Charlie's last

broken his promise to

Charlie understood her father never

passed, thinking of Charlie always cut Evelyn to the core-and made her

struggled harder to break

Charles's face

showed no sign of

door, watching the

Jenkins had burns all over, wounds covering his body. With Ms. Evelyn struggling like

to speak up, but Charles silenced him

only stand in the doorway, worry written all over his

gown

was too focused on

she realized Charles was hurt, she wouldn't

safe, her mind

in and out of consciousness with an oxygen mask on, she remembered hearing Brooks call her name over

to hold on, to

couldn't live

both her and her

they would have

had been so fierce, but Brooks had risked his

Brooks was

injuries weren't serious, he never would have left

could Evelyn

to break free of Charles's arms and find out how

doing.

"Eve..."

like a knife to Charles's

Not