The Day Our Promise Breaks

Could she have gotten it all wrong?

The car's interior was deathly quiet. Dahlia watched Evelyn, who sat there cool as a cucumber, staring out the window. She couldn't figure out what Evelyn was plotting. She knew the rules: whoever broke the silence first was the one to lose their edge. But Dahlia couldn't keep it in any longer.

"Evelyn, what are you up to?" she blurted out.

Evelyn, this woman she'd crushed under her heel for years-along with her brat of a kid-had always been her plaything. So why was she acting all high and mighty now?

"You'll find out soon enough," Evelyn replied, her voice as bland as ever. She didn't give Dahlia a straight answer. She just gave her a look filled with something Dahlia couldn't quite read. This sparked a flicker of fear in her chest.

Swallowing her rising panic, Dahlia gritted her teeth. "Evelyn, if you dare lay a finger on me, Charles won't let you get away with it!"

Evelyn's gaze was unsettling, and Dahlia was genuinely rattled. Her mind was a battlefield of conflicting thoughts. One part of her insisted Evelyn wouldn't dare touch her. She'd always used Charles' affection for her to set traps for Evelyn, both before and after going abroad. Not once had Evelyn struck back. This time wouldn't be any different.

another part of her couldn't shake the fear that Evelyn might've been

me. What do you plan to do with me?" Dahlia demanded, struggling to move forward from the back

voice was calm as she kicked a shoe-cleaning rag toward

Dahlia, yanking her back as he bent down to

dare you!" Dahlia's eyes widened in shock, glaring daggers at the bodyguard. "Charles is the head of the Jenkins

Charles' eye in the Jenkins family. The guy in front of her, with his suit and alt,

side

didn't even make him flinch. He stayed cold as ice, clamping down on

dare you!" Dahlia's

was powerless against his strength. With a swift

to Charles treating her like royalty and had

rose in her throat was forced back down, leaving her looking ghostly pale. Unable to speak, she could only glare daggers at Evelyn. Her