The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 359

It took her a moment to quell the wave of anger rising inside her. She couldn't let Dahlia push her buttons.

"Alright, where's the proof? No proof, no more chatter," she snapped, turning to the man sprawled on the floor. "Come on, you're coming with me."

Evelyn motioned for her bodyguard to help Wesley up, ready to take him away. But a sharp glance from Charles halted them.

"Out of the way!" Evelyn insisted, determined to get Wesley out of there.

Immediately, Dahlia's bodyguards stepped in to block her path. Tensions were high as both sides stood their ground, evenly matched in strength. Evelyn placed herself between Wesley and Charles, refusing to let him take Wesley away.

wrist, pulling her aside, and with a swift

you're not taking Wesley anywhere. He needs to face the music for what he's

ago, he raped Dahlia, leaving her to suffer for years. Now, he's attempted it again. If Wesley's guilty, and with Blake on the case, there's no way he's

you want evidence, Blake will lay it all out in court," Charles

the courtroom two years ago-the crushing pressure and Blake' relentless skill. It was Blake who secured his life sentence back then. If Evelyn hadn't survived, he'd still be locked up. And now,

his voice pleading, "Mr. Jenkins, I swear I'm not a rapist. You can't send me back to

alone with Dahlia. Without me, she'll keep hurting

and out of guilt, he'd grown fond of her. Charles had always doted on

her defending Wesley and trying to take him away, Charles might have already had him locked up based on what