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.

I said let go!

was unmoved

matter how he begged, her heart

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

softened and shown Charlie a little fatherly love, maybe Charlie wouldn't have left with so much

last moments-how

Charles had broken his promise to be

moment, Charlie understood her father never really loved

of Charlie always cut Evelyn

struggled harder to

resistance made Charles's face

her showed no sign of

stood outside the door, watching the scene with his heart in his

With Ms. Evelyn struggling like that, she was rubbing right

but Charles silenced him with a

doorway, worry written all over his

concealed the hospital gown beneath, stained red

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

if she realized Charles was hurt, she

her mother was safe, her mind was consumed

and out of consciousness with an oxygen mask on, she remembered hearing Brooks call

hold on, to stay

he couldn't

both her and her

they would have died in that

so fierce, but Brooks had risked his life to rescue

up, Brooks was nowhere to be

he never would have left

could Evelyn

was to break free of Charles's

doing.

"Eve..."

was like a

Not after