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!"

Patrick. This was his debt to Dahlia. After the uproar Evelyn caused today, his 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

declaration. It was so obvious! Charles had known all along that the child

remained steadfast. After speaking, he cast his gaze over the seated elders, finally settling on

words,

wash over her. Holding Sandy close white all the Jenkins family's eyes were glued to Charles, she glanced at Evelyn. Their eyes locked

into a triumphant smile.

make it into the

Seeing Charles' defiance, he feared the Jenkins family elders might eventually yield to Charles' authority as head of

tried to intervene.

rage, picked

the line. You're ignoring the honor of the Jenkins family for a woman. Are you trying to drive me

and Patrick, clutching the family registry, stormed out of the ancestral hall, fuming. Witnessing this, the other Jenkins family elders