Chapter 86

(Emily’s POV).

“What? Are you serious?” I blurted out, the words leaving my mouth before I could even process them.

I stared at my father, completely thrown off by what he’d just told me.

Dad stood across from me in his office, his hands calmly resting on the large mahogany desk as if he hadn’t just dropped a bombshell into my day.

“I’m very serious,” Dad replied, his tone even and controlled, which only made my frustration bubble up even more.

I shook my head, my brain still trying to catch up. “Ben came to see you? At the office?”

Dad nodded, leaning back in his chair with that infuriating, knowing smile that said he had everything under control.

“He did. He said he would do anything to be forgiven by me.”

I was completely floored. Ben, the same man who had shattered my life once, had the nerve to go to my father, asking for forgiveness? I almost couldn’t believe it.

“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” I demanded, my voice rising with the anger I was trying to keep under control.