The Day Our Promise Breaks

He turned his head, eyes sharp as daggers, and asked Adam coldly, "What do you mean by that?"

What did he mean by saying Eve was being driven to her death again?

"What do I mean? Two years ago, Eve was pushed into severe depression by you and Dahlia. Do you even know how she managed to pull through?"

Severe depression? Charles was visibly stunned by those words. It's not that he didn't believe in depression. He just remembered Evelyn from two years ago. Aside from being a bit emotionally unstable, he didn't see any signs of depression in her. And now, two years later, she seemed perfectly fine. Evelyn, depressed? Impossible!

Seeing Charles's disbelief, Adam strode over to him. This time, he didn't hit Charles; instead, he took Evelyn's hand that rested on her abdomen. Right in front

of Charles, he slowly rolled up Evelyn's sleeve, exposing the wristband underneath. Without giving Charles any time to process, he ripped off the wristband, revealing the scars Evelyn had desperately tried to hide.

Charles felt as if he had been struck by lightning, unable to believe his own eyes. Those crisscrossed scars, each one was so deep. Even if he hadn't seen it firsthand, just looking at those scars, one could tell how determined the person was when they caused them. If she hadn't truly wanted to die, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths.

"Charles, what did Eve ever do to deserve this from you? Why do you keep pushing her? Two years ago, she fell into the river, barely clawed her way back from the brink of death, and then had to battle depression, fighting against death time and again, suffering immeasurable pain and torment just to keep her life. Do you even know how important Ms. Josephine was to Evelyn? With Charlie gone, Ms. Josephine became her most cherished person, her emotional anchor. Yet you treated Ms. Josephine's life as insignificant, using her to pressure Eve, disregarding her well-being. If anything happened to Ms. Josephine, it would drive Eve to her death again!"

"Charles, stop pushing Eve. Let her have a chance at life, she's suffered enough." Adam pleaded with Charles out of genuine concern for Eve. He held onto a sliver of hope that once Charles knew what Eve had endured because of him and Dahlia, he might finally let her go.

But he didn't expect that apart from a slight change in Charles's expression, he showed no intention of handing Evelyn over. Instead, Charles discreetly signaled to security who had followed them out and stood waiting by the door. The security officer immediately stepped forward, catching Adam off guard and restraining him. Charles, meanwhile, bent down to get into the car. The door closed in front of Adam's shocked gaze, and the car swiftly drove away.

Realizing what had happened, Adam was furious, Charles, are you even human?" ?"But Charles's car had

already merged into traffic, quickly disappearing from Adam's sight. Once Charles was out of sight, the security officer released Adam. Offering a polite apology, Sir, my apologies for any offense just now."

Adam gave no response, standing there staring in the direction Charles's car had disappeared, his eyes full of anguish. He wanted to help Eve, but there was nothing he could do.noveldrama

Inside the car, Charles held Evelyn close, his large hand gently brushing over the scars on her wrist. His

downcast eyes hid his emotionomet

leaving his thoughts a mystery Evelyn awoke from her discomfort. She had drunk too much, and

halfway through the ride her

stomach began to churn. "Pull over."

Seeing Evelyn's discomfort, Charles immediately instructed the driver to pull over

to the side of the road.