Freya's POV
"Yes, it's quite a complicated situation..."
I exhaled deeply and gave him a condensed version of how Waylon Colby had manipulated my mother years ago, stolen my grandparents' business empire, and recently played the benevolent father by returning mom's shares to me while secretly orchestrating an elaborate trap.
Mack Ben's brow furrowed repeatedly as he listened, his intense gaze never leaving my face. I could see both compassion and anger flickering in his eyes.
When I finished, he asked with genuine bewilderment, "He's your biological father?"
"Unfortunately, yes," I replied with a bitter smile that held a touch of reckless abandon. "Hard to believe a father would be so merciless toward his own flesh and blood, right? But it's the truth. He'd rather see me dead than Lila Colby."
Mack Ben shook his head with grave disapproval. "A man like that will face judgment eventually."
