DATING MY DAUGHTER'S EX
"But a lot has happened these past few days."
A cold dread started in my stomach and spread out to my fingertips. "What happened, Daniel? Tell me."
He sighed, a long, heavy sound full of shame. "She caught me. In a bad act. A very stupid, very expensive mistake. She had pictures, recordings... enough to ruin me personally and professionally. She used it. She gave me a choice: sign over all my shares in Silhouette to her, clean and quiet, or she would make the evidence public. I would lose everything—my other businesses, my reputation, everything. I had no leverage. I signed."