Filed to story: The Regretful Billionaire: An Unpredicted Reunion
For Graham, these were trivial requests he would happily comply with.
“What? Is it that difficult?”
Danika looked at him, slightly unhappy that he had been silent for some time.She didn’t think her request was unreasonable, especially for the Zellwegers.Her request was basically nothing for them.
“No!”
Graham shook his head.
“It’s not difficult at all.I just feel sorry for you.”
He earnestly felt that way, thinking that Danika was being considerate of him by asking for so little.
He felt even more protective of her as his daughter when he thought of how sensible she was being.
Danika had no idea what he was thinking.
When she heard his words, she smiled and said, “If you really think so, then give me the other fashion company the Zellwegers run as well.”
With both companies in her hands, she could merge them with La Vie Jeen Rose Designs and move the headquarters of her fashion company to Bardoff City to expand her business empire.
Anything Else to Ask?
Graham continued to stare at Danika blankly, unsure of what to say for a moment.
“Alright.”
He nodded in agreement after a while, but he didn’t dare to ask Danika to make any more requests.
After all, judging from her temperament, if he were to allow her to ask for more, she wouldn’t hesitate to do just that.It wasn’t that Graham didn’t want to give her those small companies.He was just concerned that he would draw too much attention if he gave her so much at one go.
Danika had just returned, and if he gave too much, not only would he have trouble explaining it to Rowena and Jolene, but the other shareholders in the Zellweger family would also have objections.
Although Graham didn’t really care, he didn’t want Danika to make too many enemies right away.
He thought it was better to take it slow.
“I’ll have my assistant prepare the transfer agreements for both companies.When do you plan to move to Zellweger Castle?” Graham asked nervously.He had no idea what his daughter was thinking at the moment.He felt that although she looked young, she was more mature than him in handling things and was not childish or capricious.
She knew what she wanted.She was very rational.
He would be delighted to have her as a business partner.But Danika was his daughter, so he wasn’t very happy about it.He felt she became so rational at such a young age because he wasn’t there to protect and look after her.She lacked the impulsiveness and emotional sensitivity she should have at her age.
But those were just thoughts he had in his head, and he couldn’t tell Danika about them.
After all, he was the one who had done her wrong.
“Let’s do it tonight.” Danika smiled, already looking forward to Jolene’s expression when she saw her at Zellweger Castle.
It would surely be exciting.
“Okay”‘ Graham agreed.
The matter was settled, and Danika didn’t plan to stay any longer.She stood up to leave.
Seeing her leave, Graham became a little anxious.
“Are you leaving? Don’t you have anything else to ask me?”
He was already prepared, thinking that Danika would ask many questions about the past and ask him why he abandoned her.
But up until then, she hadn’t asked him a single question.
Danika halted her steps and looked at Graham.
Did she not have anything to ask? Of course not.
She had many questions.
But when she came face to face with Graham, she didn’t know how to ask them.
To be more precise, she felt that asking those questions was meaningless.
“I don’t have anything to ask.If you have something to say, just say it.If you don’t want to say it, then forget it.”
She was a grown-up and didn’t need anyone to take care of her.
Graham’s appearance in her life meant nothing to her.
Hearing her words, Graham sighed.This was the last thing he wanted to hear from Danika.He even wished that she would scold him and question him fiercely.It was better than her being calm and unbothered like she was at the moment.
Graham turned his head and glanced at Ash, still sitting on the sofa.
“You can go now.You don’t owe Rowena anything anymore.Don’t let me catch you doing Rowena’s bidding again.”
He had no intention of punishing Ash because he knew that since Ash appeared in front of him unharmed, it meant that Danika had no intention of killing her.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to see Ash at all.
Since Danika didn’t want her dead, he wouldn’t take matters into his own hands and hurt her, even though he really wanted to.
Ash got up to leave.
When she reached the door, she turned around and said to Danika, “Thank you.”
She knew that Graham was willing to let her go because of Danika.
In response, Danika shrugged indifferently and didn’t think too much of it.
After Ash left, Graham asked Danika to sit down and had someone pour her a glass of water.
Then, he sighed heavily and seemed lost in thought.
The Past
Danika didn’t hurry him.
In fact, she felt a bit nervous because she wanted to know everything, including who her mother was and what had happened in the past.She thought she didn’t care before, but now she realized she cared a lot.
“When your mother and I fell in love, it was a free and easy relationship.She was a very gentle person, and I fell for her at first sight.It took me a long time to win her over.When she finally agreed, I was overjoyed.At that time, I felt like I was the luckiest man in the world.”
As Graham began to talk about the past, Danika didn’t interrupt him.
Looking back on the past, she couldn’t help but feel melancholic at all the fateful events that befell her parents.
Graham probably couldn’t have imagined what would happen later.
“At that time, I wasn’t the heir to the Zellweger family, so I thought they wouldn’t object to our relationship.I foolishly decided to bring your mother home to meet my parents.”
Now, reflecting on that decision, Graham thought it was the biggest mistake he’d ever made.
If he hadn’t brought Danika’s mother to the Zellwegers and instead chose to live a quiet life far away from them, perhaps the couple could have been together for the rest of their lives.
“You can probably guess what happened next.They strongly opposed our relationship, insisting that we weren’t a good match in terms of family background and upbringing.”
Graham found it ridiculous, as he didn’t care about those things.But as someone who wasn’t the heir, he didn’t have much say, so he couldn’t stop the Zellwegers from going after Danika’s mother.
They couldn’t lay a hand on Graham, as he was a Zellweger, so they turned their attention to Danika’s mother.
Back then, they had traveled all over the country to avoid the Zellwegers’ pursuit, but they were always found.
It was only Jater that Graham found out all the members of the Zellweger family had been implanted with tracking devices at birth, so they couldn’t escape their family’s monitoring no matter where they went.
Unfortunately, he didn’t know about this then, so he continued hiding with Danika’s mother.
When she became pregnant, Graham was even more afraid of being found, so they continued to hide.
On the day their child was born, the Zellwegers appeared.
Danika’s mother asked him to protect their child, and she was taken away by a group of strangers.
To this day, Graham didn’t know if Danika’s mother was dead or alive.
At that time, Graham looked at Danika, who was in his arms, and knew that once she was taken back to the Zellwegers, she wouldn’t survive.
Therefore, he contacted someone he trusted, which was Danika’s grandfather, who was living in Orchid Village, and had him take her away.
After that, he returned to the Zellwegers and announced to the outside world that Danika and her mother had died.He began competing for the position of the Zellwegers’ heir.
To secure his position as the head of the Zellweger family, he had to marry Rowena.
However, he’d been keeping tabs on Danika’s growth all those years, even though he never went to Orchid Village.
Danika’s grandfather often sent him photos and videos of her, and he watched her grow up.
When Graham finished, Danika’s furrowed brow didn’t relax.
“You said my mother was taken away by a group of strangers?”