The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 636

The garden lights slipped through the heavy curtains, cutting harsh shadows across Luna's face.

She was like a viper lying in wait beneath the rocks, silent and deadly, her eyes fixed on the taillights of Charles's car as they split the night in two, carrying Evelyn away until both were swallowed by the darkness.

In those beautiful eyes, a storm of bitterness and resentment brewed, dark enough to devour everything in its path.

Tomorrow was the semi-final of the Sterling International Jewelry Competition.

Luna had planned this to perfection-dropping the bombshell that the kid was still alive right before the contest, just to watch Evelyn squirm. That woman she loathed with every fiber of her being.

All for this moment.

She wanted Evelyn's heart thrown into turmoil, drowning her in guilt and pain until she couldn't even hold a paintbrush steady.

Wasn't Evelyn supposed to love that kid above all else?

The child's fearful looks, the desperate cries—those were the sharpest knives, enough to tear apart whatever scraps of motherly love and resolve Evelyn had left, leaving her obsessed and frantic, incapable of thinking about anything but her child.

This was Luna's game, and she'd played every card exactly right.

But damn it-

The cold glow of her phone lit up Luna's twisted features, her fingers digging into the device.

Evelyn hadn't cracked. She was still acting calm, still getting ready for the competition.

poisoned. She'd

an encrypted number, her voice cold and sharp. "Target: Manhattan Grand Hotel,

cruel spark glittering in her eyes. "Go in and wreck that woman's hand. Understand? Wreck it. Make sure she never

order sent a

calm as if she'd

and glided soundlessly down

the soft glow of the nightlight, the

down, her

her fingers brushing Charlie's temple in a

and turn, caught in a

silence, trembling with

satisfied smile curled on Luna's lips-like a

up her phone

inton

second thought, called

instantly slipping look of

ring of the phone tore through the quiet

Charles

His eyes turned

the screen-Luna's

his heart

It was true.

were