Charles stood his ground and took the slap right on the cheek.

Mrs. Robinson showing up was a total surprise.

But honestly, Charles was happy about it.

Eve was carrying his child.

There was no way he'd let her get engaged—or worse, married-to Brooks and have his own kid call another man "Dad."

Still, when he saw Evelyn's eyes blazing red, her whole body trembling with anger, Charles dropped his voice, trying to soothe her. "Eve, if you're mad, take it out on me. Hit me, yell at me, whatever you need. Just don't get yourself worked up and risk the baby."

He grabbed Evelyn's hand, guiding it to his face, encouraging her to let it out. Evelyn didn't hesitate. She slapped him, hard, again and again.

She didn't hold back. If she could, she'd have smacked him out of existence.

All she wanted was to start fresh, to have a normal life. Everything was finally going well, and then he showed up and threw her whole world into chaos again. A group of cyclists appeared down the street, most of them women.

Charles was too striking to go unnoticed.

Evelyn could already hear them whispering, gossipy excitement buzzing in the air. She glanced over and saw their phones come up, snapping photos.

There was no way she was getting caught on camera with Charles-it was messy enough already.

She turned away, sidestepping the cameras, yanked her hand out of his, and walked off without looking back.

"Eve."

Without thinking, Charles reached out and caught her hand.

Evelyn struggled even harder to break free.

She pulled too hard, and suddenly, the world spun.

After Charlie died, her health had crashed. No matter how much she tried to recover, she never really got back to normal.

Brooks' back, and her

good, no matter what Mrs. Robinson whipped up. Soups, smoothies,

hadn't gone through with the

insisting she

legs gave out, and she stumbled right into Charles's

"Eve."

waist, holding her up, his eyes searching

too awful. The more she struggled, the darker everything

knew better than to push herself past

all nerves and worry, carried her

gently, squeezing her hand to calm her. "Eve, don't worry. I'm

her hand away, silent and

was all that mattered. He started the car and headed straight for Andrew's hospital,

the time they arrived, Evelyn

her inside,

ran tests, checked on the baby and on

a nutritionist to help

arrange for the best OB-GYN in

set, Charles sat at

his hand gently

time, when

Charlie, he'd been blinded by

and missed

the whole pregnancy. Missed

was determined not to miss

there for Eve and for their

when Evelyn woke

soft as he

asking for

barely started before Evelyn cut

not having this

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