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.

might've been pushed over the

you plan to do with me?" Dahlia demanded, struggling

her up." Evelyn's voice was calm as she kicked a shoe-cleaning rag toward

her back as he bent down to pick up the filthy

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

family. The guy in front of

to side with

flinch. He stayed cold as ice, clamping down on her jaw

How dare you!" Dahlia's

as she hissed through gritted teeth. She tried to back away but was powerless against his strength. With a swift move, he forced her jaw open.

to Charles treating her like royalty

in her throat was forced back down, leaving her looking ghostly pale. Unable to speak, she could only glare daggers at Evelyn. Her eyes burned with a hatred that wished Evelyn