The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 141

Struggling to her feet, she barely had time to react before Evelyn grabbed a half-empty bottle of red wine from the table and dumped it over Sena's head. "Ah!"

Sena collapsed back onto the floor, instinctively shielding her face with her hands. Her scream echoed in the private room. Evelyn moved so swiftly that no one had a chance to intervene. By the time the entire bottle was emptied over Sena, Brody finally snapped out of his daze and jumped to his feet to intervene.

"Go ahead. Try me," Evelyn challenged Brody, her eyes cold as ice. "I'll cover the cost of the wine."

This crowd was nothing but trouble.

Brody furrowed his brows, taking in the chaos Evelyn had stirred up. "Evelyn, no wonder Charles doesn't fancy you."

"As if I care!" Evelyn shot back with a smirk.

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had been smoking in the private room across the hall to calm his nerves. He had just managed to quell the irritation Evelyn's antics sparked in him. He'd sought out Charlie to keep Evelyn in check. But truth be told, he genuinely wanted to see Charlie too. Her

commotion from the next room snapped Charles out of his thoughts when he heard Evelyn and Sena's names. Snuffing out his

he caught Evelyn mid-confrontation with Brody. Her defiant "As if

to escalate, Brody quickly ushered everyone else

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of panic, people naturally gravitated toward those they trusted,

She turned to him and said bluntly, "Sena and Michael orchestrated the drugging. So, what do you reckon I should do?" Charles' gaze turned steely as he locked eyes

people because of that incident five years ago. If he learned she was behind dosing Evelyn, he'd never let it

Sena "Evelyn it was wrong of Sena

had