The Day Our Promise Breaks (Charles and Evelyn) novel Chapter 605

She was doing it on purpose.

Ignoring the pain in Charles’s eyes—pain so fierce it nearly spilled over—she pressed on, her words merciless.

“Charles, I did love you once. But nobody stays stuck in the same place forever.”

She’d loved him recklessly, like a moth drawn to the flame. She’d given him everything. For a while, he was her whole world.

But…

“My love for you died the day Charlie left us.”

“Charles, I’ve told you more than once—I don’t love you anymore. I stopped loving you a long time ago. All that’s left for you in my heart is resentment.”

“I’ll never forgive you for what happened to Charlie.”

“There’s nothing left between us. The more you cling, the more I can’t stand you.”

Evelyn’s voice was cold and sharp, every word meant to cut. She was pushing Charles to let go.

Charlie’s death had left a wound she couldn’t heal, and she blamed Charles for it. There was no way she could pretend nothing happened, no way she could keep living with him like everything was fine.

She just couldn’t do it.

Charles’s lips trembled. His hands, gripping the back of the seat, tightened until his knuckles stood out, white and strained. He stared at Evelyn, desperate to find even a hint of a lie on her face.

There was nothing. No love, not even pity, in her eyes. She watched him break, but her heart didn’t soften. She didn’t flinch.

This was agony—death by a thousand cuts.

Charles pulled himself together quickly, swallowing the pain.

After a moment, his voice sounded calm. “It’s late. You need some rest. Let’s go home.”

He let go of the seat and, with gentle hands, buckled Evelyn’s seatbelt.

Evelyn didn’t respond. She looked away, her gaze fixed out the window. She’d said everything she needed to say. If Charles was going to let go, he’d do it now and spare her another month of misery.

But it was obvious.

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