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.

her aside, and with a swift kick, sent Wesley crashing back

taking Wesley

he's attempted it again. If Wesley's guilty, and with Blake on

lay

into a 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

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

leave Sandy alone with Dahlia. Without me, she'll

biological daughter, but she'd charmed him with her sweetness, and out

appearance had thrown everything off course. If not for her defending Wesley and trying to take him away, Charles might