Chapter 9

ETHAN

I tried explaining to my dad like a million times, but the man just wouldn’t listen to me, and it was making me get fed up that he was making me feel like this.

This was exactly what I was trying to avoid, but now I just had to face it again, and the worst part was that he wasn’t even buying anything that I was saying.

“You have got to believe me, nothing happened between both of us. She was just so depressed about her dad and did something stupid,” I tried explaining, but he just wouldn’t budge.

“You don’t know how hard I’ve worked in building this company. Do you want to end it all?”

I rolled my eyes as I was already tired of trying to explain it all to him but the man just wasn’t ready to hear me out and it made me feel annoyed that he wouldn’t trust me.

“You keep going on and on about your company, do you think I’m happy about this either? My reputation is on the line here?” I retorted.

I regretted it the instant it came out, and i