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.

said let go! Didn't you

was unmoved by

how he begged, her heart was like still

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

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

last moments-how

his promise to be with her, choosing to be with Sandy

Charlie understood her father never really loved

always cut Evelyn to the core-and made

struggled harder to

made Charles's

arms around her showed no sign of

stood outside the door, watching the scene with

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

Charles silenced him with

only stand in the doorway, worry written

the hospital gown beneath, stained red with fresh

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

if she realized Charles was

was safe, her mind was consumed with thoughts of

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

to hold on, to stay with

he couldn't

saved both her and her

would have

Brooks had risked his life to

up, Brooks

weren't serious, he never

Evelyn

of Charles's arms and

doing.

"Eve..."

was like a

Not