The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 362

"No way."

Sandy shook her head without a second thought.

Wesley was the one who reacted the most, his emotions getting the better of him. "How can that be?!" he exclaimed, his voice booming.

His outburst startled Sandy, and she nestled deeper into Charles's arms, seeking comfort.

Wesley, realizing he needed to dial it back, softened his tone. "Sandy, are you scared of your mom? Is that why you won't tell the truth?"

"Don't worry, I'm your real dad. I promise I'll protect you. Your mom won't get another chance to hurt you. Just be brave and tell the truth..."

He couldn't wrap his head around why she would deny the abuse unless she was genuinely terrified.

Sandy, hearing Wesley's words, clung even tighter to Charles, shaking her head like a little wind-up toy. "I'm telling the truth. Mom has always loved me, always cared for me. She never hit me."

Suddenly, her bravado broke, and she burst into tears.

"You're lying. You're not my dad. I already have a dad."

Rejecting Wesley, she wrapped her tiny arms around Charles's waist, crying out in fear, "Daddy-"

Charles's face turned ice-cold. He hadn't stopped Wesley in time from revealing his identity.

In one swift motion, he shielded Sandy, making sure she didn't see any of the chaos unfold.

With determination, he kicked Wesley away, signaling the bodyguards to keep him quiet, stopping any more nonsense from spilling out.

"Daddy, I'm your daughter, right?"

"Yes, Sandy, you're my daughter."

Charles didn't hesitate, holding Sandy close to reassure her.

Dahlia had never wanted Sandy to know the dark truth of her birth, fearing it would leave scars.

And Charles, planning to marry Dahlia, had stepped up as Sandy's dad.

let the truth reach

"Daddy~"

hugged Charles even

biological dad; he was Charlie's

But Charlie was gone.

Daddy was all hers, and no

was wealthy and treated her

her, knowing Charles

understood that being Charles's daughter

to lose him as

her

needed both her

loved her and never harmed her, Dahlia was

Sandy to defend her

she seized the moment, tears flowing, "Charles, I don't care if others

you think I'd hurt

and blood. I cherish her. How could I ever harm

people say things, you believe them? Do you really think I'm

her school teacher, not me. If you don't believe me,

it all

silent, but his

Because children don't lie.

loved, was too kind to do

situation was painfully

having never faced this before, watched

how twisted Sandy's reality

who knew

by and watch Sandy suffer. He broke free from the

signal the

he wasn't entirely

crying, "The

you

Sandy called you,

ran out

to find a