Filed to story: The Regretful Billionaire: An Unpredicted Reunion
Fortunately for her, Rowena walked in gleefully, beaming all the while.
Everything had gone according to her plan.
“Mom, he said he won’t marry me,” Jolene said with worry.
If James refused to marry her, Brandon definitely wouldn’t want her either after such a thing had happened.
By then, she would become the laughingstock of the entire Bardoff City.
“Stop worrying about it.He doesn’t have a complete say over everything,” Kowena replied.
She was quite confident about this.
After all, the same thing happened to Graham when he refused to marry her.
In the end, they still got married.
Being born into prominent families, their fates were oftentimes not under their control.
“Put on your clothes.Let’s go back first.The news will spread quickly.The Windsors and your father will hear about this soon.We need to think of a way to deal with them,” Rowena said.
Jolene nodded.
At this moment, she would listen to her mother no matter what.
Those reporters were very efficient indeed.
About an hour later, the news about Jolene and James hit the headlines and went viral.
Both the Zellwegers and the Windsors were among the Ten Elites in Bardoff City, so theoretically, there was nothing wrong with a marriage between the two.
The problem was that the Zellwegers had announced their daughter would marry into the Britts just a few days ago.
Unsurprisingly, this sudden turn of events sparked a lot of gossips.
When Danika saw the news, she was stunned.Her first reaction was that it was a rumor.She thought the media had gone overboard this time.
However, when she saw the photos and videos, she realized it was not a rumor but something that had really taken place.
Without any hesitance, Danika called James immediately.
“James.”
“You’ve seen it too?”
From the other end, James’ tone was downright somber.
Danika hurriedly continued, “Yeah.Was this Jolene’s doing?”
James chuckled.
“What difference does it make whether she plotted against me or not? No matter how! look at it, I’m utterly screwed this time.”
“Don’t worry.I won’t let her get away with this.Looking on the bright side, you’re not the one who suffered the most loss.”
Though she made light of the situation, she was seething with anger and frustration.
She didn’t care that Jolene constantly came after her, but targeting James was too much.
Danika knew the reason Jolene targeted James was because of her.
Before Danika returned to the Zellwegers, although Jolene had shown interest in James, they had little contact.
Danika’s appearance had led to more interactions between the two, so Jolene became bolder.
Most importantly, Jolene had already reached an extent that could be considered crazy just to win against Danika.
“Forget it.I’ll handle this on my own.Don’t get involved.”
James refused Danika’s help.He felt that he couldn’t even face her with his back straight now that all this had gone down, let alone ask for her help.
God Damn It!
Danika wanted to say something more, as she was a little worried about James’ current situation.
However, he obviously didn’t want to continue the conversation, so she could only end the call.
Graham called her afterward and asked her to come upstairs to his office.
Danika guessed that he had probably seen the news and was not in a good mood.
She got up and left her office, and the staff began to gossip about the matter like they were watching a drama unfold.
They didn’t have a good impression of Jolene.
Although they initially thought she was a good match for Brandon, they couldn’t help but feel that she didn’t deserve all that good fortune.
Why could someone undeserving like her get all the good things that life had to offer? They felt conflicted when her affair with James was brought to light.
While they were happy that she ruined her reputation carelessly, they were also worried that she would emerge as the final victor instead.
What if James married her? The Windsors were far superior to the Britts.
If she managed to marry into the Windsors, she would have gained the maximum advantage from this whole mess.
Danika arrived at Graham’s office as the office buzzed with hushed discussions.
When she went in, Graham was on the phone.
It was evident from his expression he was in a horrible mood.
After a while, the call ended.
Graham angrily smashed his phone against the wall and bellowed, “Unbelievable! God damn it!”
“Dad, calm down.”
Although she thought Jolene’s behavior was despicable, it simply wasn’t worth getting all worked up over her.
When Graham heard her voice, he tried to calm himself down.
“You saw the news, right?”
“Yeah.I’ve seen it, and I’ve also talked to James,” Danika replied.
“Well, what did he say?”
Graham was a little resentful when James was mentioned.
Danika could tell that he wasn’t pleased and hurriedly explained, “It’s not James’ fault.He was set up.”
Hearing that, Graham’s expression further darkened.
“Of all the things she could’ve learned, she went and picked up all of her mother’s dirty tricks!”
If it hadn’t been for Rowena’s trickery back then, he wouldn’t have married her.
Now that she taught his daughter to do the same, it made him all the more livid.
“Did the Britts call you just now?”
Danika guessed that it was them since she heard Graham apologizing.
In this situation, not only did the Zellwegers suffer shame, but the Britts would also have to deal with the repercussions.
Graham nodded and felt a headache coming on.
“The Britts demand an explanation from us.”
“They won’t pose a big problem.We can offer a few projects to them, and it should be able to appease their anger.”
Although Danika didn’t like Brandon, the Britts were completely innocent.She thought that an apology to the Britts was necessary.
Graham nodded, obviously agreeing with her proposal.
After figuring out how to deal with the Britts, the next issue that required attention was what to do with James and Jolene.
“Dad, what do you think?”
Danika asked tentatively, feeling a bit worried.
Graham glanced at her and heaved a long sigh.
“I know what you’re worrying about, Danika…but as a father, I can’t hang Jo out to dry.”
Considering everything that had transpired, the Britts definitely wouldn’t be willing to take Jolene as their daughter-in-law.
If Jolene couldn’t marry into the Windsors, then she would be completely ruined.