The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 186

Sandy, tears streaming down her face, looked up at Charles with a heartbreaking expression. "Daddy, if I'm not your daughter. Who is my dad?"

Hearing Sandy's question made his heart ache. He gently wiped away her tears with his hand. "Don't cry, Sandy. Ignore what Ms. Evelyn said. You are my daughter."

"Charles..." Dahlia clung to Charles' hand like it was her lifeline. Her eyes said things only they understood, and her voice sounded small and helpless.

Charles squeezed her hand back, giving her a reassuring nod.

"Charles!" Patrick, witnessing Charles' gesture, was furious. His face darkened.

"Dad, Sandy is my daughter!"

father would never agree to acknowledge Dahlia and Sandy at the dinner party. Charles felt a sense of relief rather than disappointment. This only increased his guilt towards Dahlia. He couldn't give her the official status he

at Charles' declaration. It was so obvious! Charles had known all along that the child wasn't his by blood!

seated elders, finally settling on his great uncle. "Great Uncle,

words, Dahlia

were glued to Charles, she glanced at Evelyn. Their

into a triumphant smile.

it into the

family elders might eventually yield to Charles' authority as head of the family and

tried to intervene.

rage,

crossed the line. You're ignoring the honor of the Jenkins family for a woman. Are you

Patrick, clutching the family registry, stormed out of the ancestral hall, fuming.