Seducing My Ex's Father In Law Chapter 465

Third Person POV

Irene had never seen her father so furious with her before. For a moment, she feared he might actually banish her. She was shocked when he didn’t. After all, she had nearly gotten Matt killed and then tried to frame one person while unintentionally implicating another—ultimately getting someone fired, banished, and possibly even killed.

She’d been sitting with the guilt for weeks, but now it felt even heavier after her father discovered the truth and spent hours reprimanding her for her reckless actions. She had been avoiding Matt ever since, but she knew she couldn’t keep pretending like nothing had happened.

After spending most of the day and night alone in her room, she finally stepped out the next morning and made her way down the hallway. It was already late morning, and she headed straight to Matt’s room. He might still be asleep, but she knocked anyway.

After a minute, the door opened, and Matt appeared with a curious look in his eyes. Irene rarely came to his room without a reason.

“Hey,” she said awkwardly. “Can we talk for a minute?”

He stepped aside to let her in.

“Sure,” he replied, gesturing to one of the chairs.

She sat down and began nervously fidgeting with her fingers while he climbed onto his bed. Once he was settled, he looked at her expectantly. Irene hesitated. How could she possibly admit that she had nearly killed him—and tried to blame Judy for it? There was no way he’d forgive her once he knew, but she had to be the one to tell him. It would be worse if he found out from someone else.

A knot twisted in her stomach as she chewed on her lower lip.

“You’re making me nervous,” Matt said, his brow furrowed as he stared at the girl he’d always known as his sister. His eyes were filled with trust—and Irene worried that trust was about to disappear.

“Okay, so here’s the thing. I have to tell you something, and you’re not going to like it,” Irene blurted, eyes glued to her fidgeting hands.

Matt nodded slowly, waiting.

“So…” she began, then paused to gather her thoughts. She needed to say this carefully. “Do you remember when you had that allergic reaction last month?”

Matt nodded.

“It’s hard to forget,” he replied. “I almost died.”

Irene swallowed hard and gave a small nod.

“It was my fault,” she said, voice barely above a whisper.

Matt frowned in confusion.

“What do you mean?”

“I was the one who put the peanut butter in your sandwich, Matt… I’m the one who poisoned you,” she confessed, tears welling in her eyes as guilt gripped her.

“Y–you poisoned me?” Matt stammered, his face falling as the truth hit him. It hadn’t been Judy. It hadn’t been the maid. It had been his sister.

“Yes,” Irene whispered, tears sliding down her cheeks. “But Matt, you have to believe me—I never meant to hurt you—”

“What did you think would happen? You know I’m allergic to peanuts,” Matt said, standing up.

“I know, but there are Epi-pens all over this house, and I thought I’d get to one in time… I had one in my pocket—”

“But you didn’t use it. You just stood there, frozen. It was Dad who saved me. He came home just in time and grabbed the pen from the living room. You had one in your pocket, and you just watched me suffer?”

Irene’s bottom lip trembled as she bit down on it, tears still falling.

“I was so scared… I didn’t think it would be that bad. I thought…” her voice trailed off. The truth was, she didn’t know what she had thought. She’d only seen him have a reaction once before, when she was little. Their father had handled it so quickly back then, she had barely remembered it. “I don’t know… I’m so sorry, Matt.”

“You told Dad it was Judy who put the peanut butter in the sandwich. You framed her! Why?”

Irene looked down at her hands again, still nervously fidgeting.

“It’s complicated…”

“Tell me the truth, Irene,” Matt demanded, his voice rising. “Why would you do that to her? What did she ever do to deserve that? You almost got her banished… and you did get a maid banished!”