The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 540

At the moment the knife came at her, Dahlia didn't close her eyes. She looked straight at Charles.

There was a flash of triumphant satisfaction in her gaze.

Charles really had raised his hand against her.

She had destroyed the man she loved most, right before her death.

But deep in her eyes, there was also an agonizing pain—bone-deep, soul-tearing.

The man she loved with all her heart truly hated her.

Hated her enough to wish her dead.

Amidst the tangled emotions, the pain she expected never arrived.

The knife was aimed at her heart, but just as it touched her chest, it stopped.

Dahlia's eyes lit up with a desperate hope, and she blurted out, almost against her will, "Charles, you can't do it, can you?"

"There's still a place for me in your heart, isn't there?"

A cold, bitter laugh escaped Charles.

He looked at Dahlia, his expression icy enough to freeze her soul. He changed the direction of the dagger, pressing it against one of her many wounds. "I just don't want to dirty my own hands."

She wanted to drag him to hell with her-did she really think she deserved that?

He did wish he could tear Dahlia apart, piece by piece.

But for Dahlia, to stain his own soul wasn't worth it.

Death would be too easy for her.

your tricks won't work on me. Wesley

plot. I'll personally see to it you go

would live, Dahlia visibly

truly

someone as meticulous and

love

wealthy and powerful, she never would

her expression with

thought prison was her

did she know, it would be the start of her

she suffered inside-worse than death-until the memory of Charlie and his grandmother

police, having received Charles's call, arrived at the abandoned

was released

free, her wrists were cuffed. "Dahlia, you are under arrest

placed in the back of the

came to arrest Wesley, Charles

officer said, treating Charles with clear

a day?~~ Let

My people will

he won't get

escape."

rarely makes exceptions for personal

word was as

begged the officers to let him lay his daughter

Eventually, the police relented.

and two officers, Wesley was allowed to

approval, Wesley saw Sandy one last time in

white sheet was lifted, seeing Sandy's battered body,

regretted that

body to

Sandy's ashes and let Charles's men drive him