Filed to story: The Regretful Billionaire: An Unpredicted Reunion
It would be Jolene and Brandon’s engagement banquet in two days, but now it seemed that it would likely become Jolene and James’ engagement banquet instead.
Danika felt increasingly angry as she thought about it, especially when she saw how pleased they were, without any guilt for ruining someone else’s happiness.
She strode forward and grabbed Jolene’s chin swiftly to tilt her head up.
Jolene stared up at her in shock; the next moment, Danika gave her two tight slaps.
Jolene froze, and so did Rowena.
It happened too suddenly, so neither of them knew how to react.
It wasn’t until the pain hit her that Jolene screamed, “Ah! Danika, I’ll kill you!”
She wanted to attack Danika, but unfortunately, she wasn’t a march for Danika.She swung her arms around for a while but couldn’t even touch Danika’s sleeves.
“Kill me? Come at me if you can.The only thing you’re good at is screaming, you useless piece of trash!”
Danika shouted angrily, throwing Jolene aside and turning her gaze to Rowena.
Rowena felt a sense of fear for no apparent reason when Danika stared at her.
“What do you intend to do? Your dad is still at home.”
“Feeling scared?” Danika sneered and walked closer to her.
“It’s too late to be afraid now.Why weren’t you scared when you went and set James up, huh?”
“Don’t poke your nose into other people’s business.”
Rowena tried to quell the terror she felt in her heart.
After all, she was the eldest, so she couldn’t show any weakness in front of Danika.
Danika sneered with clenched fists.
“Funny you should say I’m poking my nose into other people’s business? James is family to me.Scheming against him is equivalent to scheming against me.I won’t let you have your way!”
“If you dare to ruin Jo in any way, I’ll make sure you’ll pay for it with your life!” Rowena was equally angered.
For her, Jolene’s happiness was of the utmost importance.
If Danika dared to damage Jolene’s chances, Rowena would fight her with everything she had.
At those words, Danika laughed lightly and took two steps back.
“Is that so? How are you going to make sure I’ll pay with my life?”
Her sudden retreat befuddled Rowena.
Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly realized someone’s gaze was on her.
Looking up, she saw Graham standing at the staircase and staring at her intently.
“Rowena, I believe you’re capable of doing it.After all, for Jolene’s sake, you could scheme against James, so naturally, you would also kill me for her,” Danika said with a smile tinged with a hint of coldness that seemed to implicate something.
With that, Danika turned around and started to go upstairs.
“But it would depend on whether you’re capable of doing that.” Danika wasn’t afraid of Rowena.
On the contrary, she was unhappy that Rowena had been inactive lately, as she’d yet to obtain evidence of the latter’s wrongdoings.
Just as Danika went back to her room, Graham approached Rowena.
“Graham, I was just—“
Graham slapped Rowena in the face, his gaze icy.
“If you dare to touch Danika, I too, will make sure you’ll pay for it with your life.”
The Windsor Family Agrees
“Very well, Graham! I’ll remember what you did today!”
Rowena swore wordlessly as she looked at the man before her with overwhelming hatred.She had been married to Graham for so many years, but he’d never treated her kindly.
Now that Danika had returned, he didn’t even treat her like she was his wife anymore.
Since things had come to this, there was no need for her to hold back any longer.
Previously, the Glasses had asked her to gather intel on the Zellweger family’s business secrets, but she’d refused because she considered herself a member of the Zellwegers.
But now, it seemed that Graham had never thought of her as part of the family at all.
“Let’s see how you and your daughter can still be arrogant if the Zellweger family is gone!” Rowena exclaimed inwardly.
Graham ignored her.
In his opinion, Rowena wouldn’t be able to stir up much trouble even if she tried.
He looked at Jolene and said coldly, “The Windsors has called and agreed to the engagement ceremony on Sunday.As for the wedding day, it’ll be decided later.”
“Really?”
Jolene was so happy she almost jumped for joy.Her wish was about to come true, and it was easier than expected.
“I’m telling you, after the engagement, you have to behave yourself.If you get involved in any more trickery, I won’t bail you out again, you hear me?”
Graham felt that he’d done everything he could for his daughter.
For Jolene’s sake, he became the person he once hated the most.
If Jolene still didn’t behave herself after this, he would definitely not come to her rescue.
Jolene nodded hastily.
“Dad, I understand.I promise I’ll behave.”
Graham gave a cold snort and left Zellweger Castle.
After he left, Jolene went to Rowena and held her hand.
“Mom, did you hear that? I’m about to be engaged to James!”
“Yes, I heard it.”
Rowena breathed a sigh of relief.
She was afraid that Graham wouldn’t help, and if that was the case, Jolene might not have been able to marry into the Windsor family.
‘Jo, you need to be careful.Although you’re about to be engaged, remember that engagement isn’t marriage.Before you officially get married to James, we have to be cautious,” Rowena warned.
Then, she continued, “We have to make sure that the Windsors don’t change their mind and be careful of people who might try to sabotage us.”
She looked up at Danika’s room on the second floor.
Jolene also stared in the same direction and showed an expression of hatred.
“Mom, I understand.No matter what she does now, I’ll endure it.After I marry into the Windsors, I’ll settle scores with her.”
Right now, she had no support and wasn’t a match for Danika, so she could only endure.
Rowena patted her shoulder and said, “After you marry into the Windsors, you must win them over.As for the Zellwegers, you can consider it nonexistent.”
She’d decided to help her family deal with the Zellwegers.
Soon, the Zellwegers might really disappear.She hinted at it to Jolene.
Yeah, with the Windsors backing me up, I won’t care about the Zellwegers anymore,” Jolene said, no longer concerned about Graham passing the Zellwegers to Danika.
“Even if Danika takes over the Zellwegers later on, she’ll still be at my mercy after I marry into the Windsors,” Jolene thought.
Meanwhile, Danika tossed and turned on her bed.
Was there really no way out? Could she only stand by and watch James marry Jolene? Actually, there was a way out.
As long as the Windsors didn’t agree to take Jolene in, she would stop Graham from making a move against the Windsors—they wouldn’t become enemies and could still carry on with the plans to work together.
However, the prerequisite was that the Windsors had to firmly reject the engagement.
Looking at the current situation, the Windsors were more inclined toward marriage between the two families.
Even James seemed to agree to that.
In this case, no matter how hard Danika tried, she wouldn’t be able to change the situation.
Conditions
Danika was feeling upset when her phone rang.