The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 627

Charles's fingers tightened ever so slightly around his daughter's tiny hand. He kept his face calm, but inside, a storm was raging.

He never expected Luna to take the lead and offer such a suggestion.

Just moments ago, seeing how much Charlie resisted coming back to him, he couldn't help but wonder if it had been Eve, would Charlie have been this distant? After all, Charlie adored Eve.

"Ms. Cipoletti, thank you."

This time, his gratitude was heartfelt.

Right now, Luna genuinely seemed to have Charlie's best interests at heart.

"Mr. Jenkins, there's no need to be so formal. Everything I do is for Charlie," Luna replied with a soft smile. "I may not be Charlie's birth mother, but I truly care about her. If you hadn't come for her, I would have loved her as if she were my own."

"In the Cipoletti family, I never had a say. I couldn't even protect my own daughter —she didn't make it out of that place. I didn't have the power to take Charlie away either. All I could do was watch her suffer."

"So whenever I had the chance to visit the Cipoletti family, I'd sneak in to see her, bring her some painkillers, bandage her wounds."

Luna's words made it clear why Charlie relied on her so much.

"Mr. Jenkins, I'll do my best to convince Charlie to accept you, to return to your family. But I have one request-if she does go back, may I still visit her sometimes?"

"Of course," Charles answered without hesitation.

to the bottom of everything and was sure Luna truly cared about Charlie, neither he nor Eve would stop Luna

"Thank you."

eyes shimmered

her cheek, her eyes full

...

long-less than half an hour later, she was

Charlie said, her voice small and apologetic. "You can't scare Mommy like that again, okay?" Luna

with pleading eyes. "Mom,

leaving you. I just hope more people can love you your real dad, your real

"Mom, I'm hungry."

want to talk about it. She cut Luna off before she

but Charles

that once they saw

thing was to

called for the doctor, and after making sure Charlie was okay, they all

found a cozy restaurant

liked-he'd spent years bringing ker favorite foods to the cemetery. He ordered a mix of dishes, just

didn't say much to Charles, but under Luna's

refuse Charles put food on

when

little step made