The Day Our Promise Breaks (Charles and Evelyn) novel Chapter 378

She was genuinely freaking out. She had to get out of there with Charles and figure out a plan later. But Charles didn't budge, his gaze locked on Evelyn, trying to decipher her intentions.

"Charles... please, get me out of here. I can't stand to see that monster..." Dahlia's voice trembled, her grip on Charles's waist tightening as she looked up at him with pleading eyes.

"Dahlia, what are you scared of?" Evelyn smirked, her voice dripping with cold amusement.

"I'm terrified Wesley will force himself on me again, hurt me! Evelyn, it was you, right? Last time he failed, and now you're pulling the same stunt, sending him to humiliate me again?"

"You think I set him up to do that?" Evelyn's eyes danced with mockery as she glanced at Wesley.

Wesley's eyes were clouded with pain, the kind that cuts deep when someone you love keeps hurting you. "Did I ever force you?" he asked, his gaze fixed on Dahlia.

Dahlia ignored Wesley, playing the victim as she buried her face in Charles's chest. "Charles, please, let's go!"

"Charles, don't listen! Don't look! It's all Wesley's doing! That's not me, not me!" she cried, desperate to convince him. "It's Evelyn! She set this up to make you doubt me, to split us apart... Charles, don't fall for it!"

Dahlia clung to his leg, tears streaming down her face, begging Charles to believe her. But Charles's eyes stayed glued to the phone. Wesley, though he filmed it, had shielded Dahlia from view. Only his back and Dahlia's legs wrapped around him were visible, her teasing presence undeniable.

Anyone could see she was a willing participant. There was no force. Dahlia had been lying to him.