Seducing My Ex's Father In Law

"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..."

grew wide as she snapped a look at me, her

he was blackmailing you?" She

his family are the Betas of the Redmoon pack?" I asked. "They have a lot of power. They are the richest family right now and they hold a lot of influence. Even more so my

nodded, waiting for me to

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

whispered, tears

thought about my family, the weight of their reality resting on my shoulders. This was the first time I was telling this story out loud,

a deep breath, I

the reason my father is in jail, and he could get him out if he wanted, but he's holding him against me. Getting him beaten on a daily. My father is being tortured in prison, and Ethan is the reason it's happening. He wanted me to

she stared at me. I knew this was new information too and I hated being the one to tell

money so I can help out my family and try to pay off the rest of my father's debt