Chapter 557

At that moment, she couldn't hold it in any longer. Overwhelmed, Evelyn slipped

into the kitchen, tears streaming down her face.

Charlie came looking for her.

He saw her crying.

"Mom, why are you crying?" he asked, his little voice full of concern.

Not wanting to shatter Charles's image in Charlie's heart, she forced herself to lie. "Mommy just accidentally pinched her hand, that's all."

Charlie believed her without question. He carefully took her hand in his, his brow furrowed with worry. "Here, Mommy, let me kiss it better. Then it won't hurt

anymore."

It was their special way-Evelyn and Charlie's-of showing they cared for each other.

Now, Evelyn found herself using the same gesture with Brooks.

"Mr. Brooks, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. Are you okay?" she asked, her voice gentle as she hovered beside him.

The nurse, startled, snapped out of her daze, flustered as she realized she'd been slow to react. Dealing with important people always made her nervous-one wrong move and she could get into serious trouble.

your fault," Brooks replied to the nurse, but his eyes never left Evelyn. His gaze

made Brooks

arm was nothing

one thought: The

she realized what she had been doing-blowing softly on his wound the way she'd comforted Charlie.

voice was warm, his eyes running over her,

Evelyn replied

her gaze lingered on his injured arm, worry clouding her features.

to amputation

clean, and avoid infection, there shouldn't be any lasting damage," the nurse answered reassuringly as she continued to tend to Brooks's

out a

finished up quickly and excused herself, leaving the

helping him slip his good arm through the sleeve,

expression softened even more as he watched her. This side of Evelyn -so caring, so

caught Evelyn's hand in his, his gaze locking with hers, his voice low and hopeful. "Eve

she'd looked at him just now was something he'd never seen

seemed to hesitate, her lips

time, she

yearning eyes

trembling with excitement. In that instant he pulled

tumbled into his arms, his single

tightly around her.

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