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!"

comforted, Charles stood and faced 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 his guilt towards Dahlia. He couldn't

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

gaze over the seated elders, finally settling on

Charles' words,

family's eyes were glued to

into a triumphant smile.

make it into

eventually yield to Charles' authority as head of the family and allow Sandy into the family

to

rage, picked up

crossed the line. You're ignoring the honor of the Jenkins family for

stormed out of the ancestral hall, fuming. Witnessing