The Day Our Promise Breaks (Charles and Evelyn) novel Chapter 255

“What did you just say?” Sena asked, taking a step back, her voice tinged with fear as she hid behind Carmen, “Mom.”

“Charles, today is your grandmother's funeral—”

“Oh, now Auntie remembers it's Grandma’s funeral?” Charles cut Carmen off, his tone icy and sharp.

Evelyn pulled away from Charles’s embrace, steadying herself before walking inside without a backward glance. Charles watched her slender figure disappear, then turned his gaze to Sena.

“What did I tell you before?” he asked.

Sena knew exactly what he meant. Back in the hospital, she had called Charlie a “little brat,” and Charles had slapped her hard, sternly warning her. Being sent away overseas without the Jenkins family’s influence, and with her credit cards cut off, life had become unbearable. She dared not cross Charles again.

Sena raised her hand and gave herself a light slap. “Bro, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that about Charlie.”

Charles continued to watch her with cold eyes. Sena, driven by fear, slapped herself again, much harder this time.

“If it weren’t for Grandma’s funeral today, it wouldn’t have stopped at just two slaps,” Charles said, his voice frosty. Then he turned and walked inside. Before entering, he paused and looked back at Sena and Carmen. “Charlie is my daughter, and Eve is Charlie’s mom. That will never change.”

The implication was clear: he would protect them both. No one was allowed to bully Evelyn or say anything bad about Charlie.