The Day Our Promise Breaks

Evelyn did not halt the conversation due to his anger but continued, "I was thinking, if Dahlia's poolside was also under surveillance, would the truth of that day be as clear as today's truth." "Evelyn!" Charles' emotions fluctuated, and the pressure he applied on her back noticeably increased.

The brief warmth shared between them vanished in an instant.

"Ouch!" Evelyn winced in pain, unable to suppress a muffled groan.

Charles eased his grip, but his annoyance was evident. He stood up, looking down at Evelyn on the sofa, his voice cold. "Evelyn, you didn't push Sandy today, but it doesn't mean Charlie didn't push Sandy that day." After saying this, Charles turned and left.

Evelyn slowly rose from the sofa and put on her clothes with a cold look in her eyes. She had thought that after the same scenario today, Charles might have been swayed even if he didn't believe her before. She had underestimated Dahlia and Sandy's place in Charles' heart.

...

At Carmen's house, Sena had just been treated for her injuries. Tears filled her eyes as she looked at her bruised knees and the torn skin on her legs. She sat on the sofa with hatred in her eyes, growing angrier by the minute. "That bitch Evelyn! I will never let her off."

As soon as she finished speaking, a servant from Charles' household came in. "Ms. Sena, Mr. Charles has ordered you to the family chapel for discipline."

Sena's pupils shrank, her body resisting. "I'm not going."

Her legs were whipped, and it hurt, and now she was to undergo family discipline. She couldn't bear it.

"Ms. Sena, my apologies."

following Charles' orders, so they ignored Sena's resistance and dragged her out of the house and into the

had already been disciplined. She had been hit for ten times by the ruler and was lying on the ground, weeping with tears and snot all over her face. Seeing Carmen,

Carmen was extremely distressed.

back to her house to be

Charles sitting on the sofa. "Charles,

just a girl and is always afraid of pain. How could she endure ten lashes?" "Aunt Carmen, Evelyn is the same age as her." Charles' voice was cold. Carmen immediately got it. Charles

but Sena, eager

helongs to

her fists. "Isn't Dahlia the one you

supposed to care about Evelyn, so what

should consider cussions of

the

eyes

calm, but

stood on the second floor. The slight turbulence in her eyes calmed once again when she