The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 649

Charles sat at Charlie's bedside, his heart twisting with pain as he watched his daughter suffer.

Her face was pale, twisted in agony, and every soft moan felt like a blade carving into him. In his hand, he clutched a tiny, dark red pill he'd found hidden in a secret compartment of Luna's jewelry box. The pill was no bigger than a grain of rice, and his fingertips were cold as ice.

If he gave Charlie the pill, it would take her pain away.

But he couldn't trust Luna.

With all the malice she'd shown to Eve and Charlie, there was no way he believed she actually wanted to save Charlie.

"Charles, did you get the antidote?" Andrew's voice broke the silence. He'd rushed in all the way from the capital, ignoring his own exhaustion to join the estate's medical team, working nonstop to help find a way to save Charlie.

The moment he heard Charles was back, he'd come out of the lab in a hurry.

"Yes," Charles replied.

But he didn't do what Luna expected. He didn't give the pill to Charlie. Instead, he handed it to Andrew.

"Andrew, analyze it now. I want the most accurate results, no mistakes."

There was a sharp urgency in Charles's voice that allowed no argument.

Andrew had always trusted Charles's judgment and wasted no time. He grabbed the pill and hurried to the lab with Francis and the rest of the medical team, firing up the best equipment and running the tests at top speed.

It didn't take long to get the results-but what they found sent a chill through the

room.

face had gone gray, his hand shaking as he held up the report. “You were right. This

analysis. "The main ingredient does suppress the toxins in Charlie's bo for a while, so she'd look like she's

it changes her system, making the toxin even more stubborn, more hidden,

dose isn't enough, the toxins will come roaring back- ten, a hundred, a thousand times worse. When that

longer she takes it, the more it will destroy her body. In

grew colder with every

be, to do this

Charlie lived, her life would be nothing short of

Charles slammed his fist into the

on the cold

wild with rage

suffering as a weapon for her own

Unforgivable.

he hadn't given Charlie the pill in a moment of desperation. Otherwise, he would have

-love

who hurt his

down his anger,

voice raw and desperate.

on to hope by a

lips pressed tight,

said so. That look meant there was a

Charles wasn't afraid of

he would do whatever it took-even if it

"Andrew. Tell me."

Andrew finally spoke, his tone heavy. "Charles, our only option is to extract the toxin from Charlie and run as many tests as possible in the lab,