The Day Our Promise Breaks

As the second round of fireworks soared into the sky, exploding in a burst of dazzling colors, Charles and Dahlia simultaneously bent down to kiss Sandy. One on the left and one on the right, their affectionate kisses landed on Sandy's cheeks.

The moment was frozen in time.

"Woah. Mr. Jenkins really dotes on his daughter."

"Well, I heard Dahlia is the love of his life."

Envious voices filled the air.

Evelyn's eyes turned bloodshot as she tightly wrapped her daughter's urn in her down jacket. Her heart was twisting in pain.

She covered the front of the urn with her hand, whispering softly, "Charlie, don't look!"

She didn't want her daughter to be sad.

...

when Evelyn returned to Oakwood Manor, the villa she

her heavy steps upstairs, she entered her daughter's room. After tidying up her daughter's belongings, she sat on the little bed holding her daughter's urn all night long. The

It was Charles.

didn't look at her, his expression as cold as ever. He did not say

It had been three days since their daughter died,

displeased at Evelyn's glare. Was she still angry about him missing out on Charlie's birthday the

with her. Suppressing his displeasure, he said in a

She could never forget the scene she saw when

in a pool of her vomited blood, and Charles was nowhere to

I'm having a lot of fun with him. Don't worry," At that moment, Evelyn realized

daughter lied to her for the first time, just so she could spend time alone with her dad. Charlie believed he wouldn't lie to her and

stood foolishly waiting in the

as she glared at Charles with rage. Her voice was cold as ice. "She's dead! Where are you going to take her? To

Why would she curse her own daughter to death over such a

could