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!"

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 give her the

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

he cast his gaze over the seated elders,

Charles' words, Dahlia

family's eyes were glued to

into a triumphant smile.

bastard will never make it into

authority as head of the family and allow Sandy into the family

tried to intervene. Patrick,

of rage, picked up an

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

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