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

was unmoved by Charles's

he begged, her heart was like still water-untouched,

to plead with her, she remembered all those years together-how she'd begged

just once, he'd softened and shown Charlie a little fatherly love, maybe Charlie

Charlie's last moments-how sad she'd

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

in that moment, Charlie understood

thinking of Charlie always cut Evelyn to the core-and

struggled harder to

made Charles's face go

around her showed no sign of letting

watching the scene with his heart

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

speak up, but Charles silenced him with a cold

stand in the doorway, worry written

hospital gown beneath, stained red with fresh

of blood, but she was too focused on breaking free from his

if she realized Charles was hurt,

she'd seen her mother was safe, her mind was consumed with thoughts

in and out of consciousness with an oxygen mask on,

hold on, to

couldn't live without

both her

Brooks, they would have died

had been so fierce, but Brooks had risked his life

up, Brooks was nowhere

serious, he never

Evelyn

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

doing.

"Eve..."

rejection was like a knife to

Not after last