Dumped by One, Chased by Another? My Ex's Sister Is a Gal and She's Coming for Me - Episode 34

“…I see. So that’s what happened.”

I called my father immediately.

He was calm as ever.

In situations like this, it’s best to leave things to him.

Whether with money, negotiation tactics—whatever the means—he had always handled my problems like this.

“All right, I get it. So… can’t you do something about it? Please?”

“That’s all? Don’t worry about it. Leave it to me. I’ll make sure it all disappears. You may not know, but I have a lot of connections in many places.”

That’s right—my father is the director of a large general hospital.

In other words, he’s like the king of the city.

Most problems can be settled out of court.

It’ll be fine. He’ll take care of it.

All it takes is for my father to grease a few palms.

The head of the cram school acted all high and mighty, but I know for a fact he doesn’t make much money.

Flash a million yen or so, and I could have him on a leash.

“Well, just in case—keep your head down for a while, okay?”

“Yeah, I got it.”

Even I understood that much.

If I stirred up more trouble now, even my father might not be able to protect me.

When I caused problems with girls in the past, my father had stepped in the same way.

Or rather, from what I’ve heard, his father did the same for him.

He once drugged and raped a woman he liked, then blackmailed her with photos—if I remember correctly.

It’s terrifying, really—even though he’s my father.

Well, I’ll use him for what he’s worth.

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“…It’ll be okay, right?”

I couldn’t help but murmur to myself.

Senpai had said he was going to the cram school and left.

When he came back, he started talking on the phone with someone, completely ignoring me.

“Who could it be…?”

I wanted to know who he was talking to—and what they were discussing.

He had just cheated on me. I still couldn’t believe it.

How could he say he loved me and then cheat? That’s not the behavior of a sane person.

That’s why I felt so uneasy.

I was afraid that this time, Senpai would really leave me for good.

That fear consumed me.

“It’s okay… It’ll be okay…”

I kept telling myself that as I crept closer to him, straining to hear his voice.

“Yeah, thanks. As for the cram school folks, make sure to prepare the hush money.”

“…?”

Hush money?

What does that mean?

Could Senpai have gotten into some kind of trouble unrelated to me?

Well, he knows a lot more people than I do, so maybe that’s it.

To be honest, as long as it wasn’t another affair, I felt relieved.

“Hey, Senpai…”

“Don’t worry, Dad. I’m not going to mess with any more students or hit on the tutors again.”

“…What?”

The words that came from his mouth were far beyond—or rather, far beneath—what I had imagined.

Senpai didn’t notice I was there. He just kept talking.

“I’m thinking of cutting off all the girls I’m seeing right now. It’s getting too much—call it streamlining? You do that sometimes too, don’t you, Dad?”

……

I couldn’t say anything.

After all, I was supposed to be his girlfriend.

But what did that even mean?

When I was Kengo’s girlfriend, that title meant something.

He loved me. Only me.

But Senpai was different.

There were plenty of girls he called his girlfriend—I was just one of many.

From the sound of it, he was also involved with his part-time coworkers and even some of the students. I couldn’t begin to guess how many.

“No… no…”

The number of affairs wasn’t even the real issue.

It was what he said just now.

He was going to dump all the girls he was seeing.

Which meant… I wasn’t an exception.

“Fuyumi?”

Before I realized it, Senpai had turned toward me.

It seemed the call had ended while I stood there in a daze.

“Hey, what’s wrong? Don’t tell me you overheard that call. Seriously? Eavesdropping on someone’s phone call—what’s wrong with you—”

“Are you going to throw me away?”

“What? Ah… well, I mean, honestly, I think we should take a little break. You were really shaken earlier, and you don’t look so good right now.”

“So, you are throwing me away?”

“No, it’s not like I hate you or anything. It’s just… for both our sakes, maybe a little distance is good, you know? Can’t you see that?”

“…Heh.”

Senpai always knew how to talk smooth.

But now I understood.

Whatever feelings he had for me didn’t amount to even one percent of what Kengo had for me.

I had been so blinded by appearances, I hadn’t seen the truth.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

I lunged at Senpai.

I didn’t know what I was doing anymore.

It was pure instinct.

The next moment, sparks flew—

And everything went black.