The Day Our Promise Breaks

The hotel staff found Michael all battered and bleeding, and they quickly rushed him to the hospital. Sena had endured Michael's torment for far too long. When she hit him, she put her whole heart into it, but all it did was crack his head open, knocking him out cold. Once patched up, Michael stormed out of the ER, muttering curses under his breath, determined to find the audacious person who dared to attack him that night. But as soon as he stepped out of the hospital, someone clamped a hand over his mouth and dragged him into a shadowy corner.

There stood a tall, imposing figure. The air around the man was thick with menace. Michael was tossed at his feet.

He looked down at Michael with a brooding expression, his eyes as cold as death. The icy fear emanating from him silenced Michael, who instantly sensed danger and glanced up, petrified, into Charles' chilling gaze. "Mr. Jenkins..."

The moment Michael saw Charles, his blood ran cold. He realized he had messed with someone he should never have crossed. Fear gripped him, and he tried to scramble up, desperate to escape the dangerous man before him.

But as he moved, Charles pressed his foot onto Michael's hand. "Those hands touched Evelyn; you won't be needing them anymore."

"No, please!" Michael begged.

Before he could scream, Charles crushed his hand with ruthless force. "Ah!" Aiden quickly muffled Michael's scream.

broke out in a cold sweat from the pain. When Charles finally stepped back, the hand was useless. Without missing a

had to watch as Charles' foot came down on his other hand, rendering it useless,

Charles lifted his foot

widened in terror. Unable to support

Ruined hands, he

foot came down hard, and Michael blacked out from the

I don't want to see him roaming free again," Charles said,

Mr. Jenkins," Aiden replied, dragging Michael out of the alley like a ragdoll and tossing him into the

...

wasted no time driving over after getting a call from Sena. Once she arrived at the spot Sena mentioned, she called

Dahlia's voice was anxious.

stayed in the car, watching