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.

He grabbed Evelyn's wrist, pulling her aside, and with a

Charles said firmly, "Evelyn, you're not taking Wesley anywhere. He needs to face the music for what

it again. If Wesley's guilty, and with Blake on the case, there's no way he's slipping through the cracks this time. He's definitely going

you want evidence, Blake will lay it all out

tailspin. He remembered all too well 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,

pleading, "Mr. Jenkins, I swear I'm not

with Dahlia. Without me, she'll

eyes flickered with panic as Wesley accused her of abuse. Sandy wasn't Charles's biological daughter, but she'd charmed him with her sweetness, and out of guilt, he'd

her defending Wesley and trying to take him away, Charles