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

unmoved

how he begged, her heart was like

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

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

remembered Charlie's last moments-how sad

promise to be

moment, Charlie understood her father never really

how much time had passed, thinking of Charlie always cut Evelyn to the core-and made her hate Charles

harder to

made Charles's

her showed no sign

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

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

Charles

the doorway, worry written all over his

concealed the hospital gown beneath, stained red

but she was too focused on breaking free from his

was hurt, she wouldn't have

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

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

begged her to hold on, to

said he couldn't

saved both her and her

Brooks, they would have died in

fierce, but Brooks had risked his

she woke up, Brooks was nowhere

he never

could Evelyn

wanted was to break free of Charles's arms and find

doing.

"Eve..."

was like a knife to

let go? Not after last