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.

with you? I said let go!

was unmoved

begged, her heart was like still water-untouched,

with her, she remembered all those years together-how she'd begged him, again and

Charlie a little fatherly love,

Charlie's last moments-how

had known that Charles had broken his promise to be with

moment, Charlie understood her father never really

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

harder

Charles's

around her showed no sign

the

covering his body. With Ms. Evelyn struggling like that, she was rubbing right against

up, but Charles silenced him with a

doorway, worry written all over

overcoat concealed the hospital gown beneath, stained red

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

if she realized Charles was hurt, she wouldn't

mother was safe, her

the way to the hospital, as she drifted in and out of consciousness with an oxygen mask on, she remembered hearing Brooks call her name over

hold on, to

he couldn't

saved both

Brooks, they would have

but Brooks had

woke up, Brooks was nowhere

his injuries weren't serious, he never would have left

Evelyn

to break free of Charles's arms and find

doing.

"Eve..."

like a knife to Charles's

let go? Not after