Seducing My Ex's Father In Law by Caroline Above Story

Chapter 0361

"For a couple reasons," I admitted, nibbling on my lower lip. "Your father didn't want me to say anything to you."

She snapped a look at me, her eyes large as she obtained that new information. "My father knew too?" She asked. "Did everybody know??"

"I'm not sure, I told her softly. "But your father was worried that you'd try to hurt yourself if you found out, or if you thought we were lying. He kind of just let it happen, despite knowing that Ethan wasn't good for you."

She swallowed as reality sunk in. Realization flickered through her eyes, and she let out a shaky breath as she nodded slowly, understanding clearly in her eyes.

"What was the other reason?" She asked.

I was quiet for a moment as I tried to put together the words; there was really no way around it, I had to tell her the entire truth for her to better understand the situation and for her to be grateful she got out of that situation when she did.

"Ethan was blackmailing me..."

wide as she snapped a look at me, her mouth nearly dropping to

do you mean he was blackmailing

pack?" I asked. "They have a lot of power. They are the richest family

for me to continue as

money, so when he opened the business, he took out a pretty large loan. They racked up interest on the loan, though without telling him, so he owed twice as much as he borrowed. Ethan used his influence to triple the interest, so my father owed triple as much and then he got the loan pulled, so the loan sharks came demanding the funds. It was money that my father just didn't have yet. Despite the business being successful and money coming in quickly, he didn't have enough to pay off the entire loan yet. He had to give the sharks every penny he's made, including the business, and it

whispered, tears clear in her

thought about my family, the weight of their reality resting on my shoulders. This

a deep

out if he wanted, but he's holding him against me. Getting him beaten

at me. I knew this was new information too and I hated being the one to tell her the reality of the situation, but she deserved to

I needed the money so I can help out my family and try to pay off the rest of my father's debt so I can get him out of jail,"