Filed to story: The Regretful Billionaire: An Unpredicted Reunion
No one in Bardoff City would marry her, and she would become a laughingstock, along with the Zellwegers.
When Danika heard him say that, she could guess what Graham had decided.She looked especially displeased at that moment.
“You once suffered similarly.No one understands that feeling of being set up better than you do.Are you now becoming the person you once despised the most?”
Shut Up
Graham took in what Danika had said helplessly.She was blunt and unforgiving in her words, even when the person she was speaking to was her father.
“I know you’re angry, but Jolene is still my daughter at the end of the day.Even if she’s in the wrong, I can’t just let her be.”
Graham smiled bitterly, thinking that he should at least do what would be expected of a father in this situation.
Danika looked solemn, as she was disappointed with Graham’s decision.
“This is Jolene’s own doing.If someone has to pay the price, why can’t it be her? We’re in a partnership with the Windsors, but Jolene went ahead and did this.Do you want the partnership to fall apart by helping her blindly?”
She was infuriated, thinking that Graham couldn’t distinguish right from wrong.
So what if Jolene was his daughter? Should he tolerate her antics without a bottom line simply because she was his daughter? “Danika, if this happened to you, I would do the same—“
“I would never ever do something like this,” Danika interrupted.
Even if she liked someone, she wouldn’t trap them.
While Graham believed that such a thing was beneath Danika, unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said regarding Jolene.
“Danika, no matter what, I can’t just turn a blind eye and not help her.”
Graham held on to the belief that he couldn’t just leave Jolene to her own devices.It meant that the Zellwegers was destined to fall out with the Windsors because of Jolene’s actions.
Danika looked at him coldly.
Previously, she believed he was a sensible and reasonable person.
Even though he was absent for her whole life and didn’t raise her, she could still forgive him and regard him as her father.
But now, she knew he wasn’t as good of a person as she had made him out to be.
“Fine, do as you please.”
Danika didn’t feel like saying anything else, so she turned to leave.She wouldn’t stand on Jolene’s side as Graham did.
She would find James and devise a way to get him out of this mess.
She couldn’t let Jolene succeed; otherwise, James’ lifetime happiness would be completely ruined.
Graham wanted to call out to her as she walked out, but ultimately, he didn’t say anything.
“What have I done wrong to deserve this?”
When Graham arrived home, Jolene and Rowena were in the living Toom.
As soon as they saw him, they became tense, and their backs stiffened.
Graham didn’t look at Jolene but instead turned to Rowena and asked, “Is this how you raise your daughter?”
Rowena didn’t say anything, so he took it as a silent agreement.
It was not Rowena’s intention for Jolene to follow in her footsteps, but she couldn’t do anything as Jolene insisted.
In addition, Graham was biased toward Danika, so she had no choice.
“After so many years, you haven’t changed at all.You’re still as malicious as ever!”‘ Graham couldn’t hold himself back from scolding her.
If he had known it would come to this back then, he would rather have died than marry a vicious snake like her.
Rowena smirked and looked at Graham.
“Graham, what’s the point of taking your anger out on me now? What we need to think about now is what to do next instead of wasting energy scolding me.”
She knew Graham’s character, despite his bias toward Danika.He wouldn’t just stand by and do nothing, as Jolene was still his daughter.Hence, he would take their side in the end.
“You’re really…”
Graham pointed at her but couldn’t find the right words to curse at her.
Jolene cowered behind Rowena.
Trembling like a leaf, she looked at Graham pitifully.
“Dad, I really like James.Can you help me? Just this once?”
“Shut up!”
Graham shouted in anger, feeling like hitting someone.
“You like him, but does he like you? Do you know that you’ll make him despise you from the bottom of his heart by doing this?”
“I don’t care.As long as I can marry him, I don’t care about anything else.”
She didn’t care what James thought of her.She would have plenty of time to win his heart once he was bound to her.
Hell Awaits You
Graham felt that Jolene would be the death of him sooner or later.”It’s easy for you to say you don’t care.Have you ever considered the reputation of your own family? Have you ever thought about what the Britts would think of us?”
“If it hadn’t been for you forcing me to marry Brandon, I wouldn’t have ended up like this,” Jolene complained, her words tinged with resentment.
She felt that Graham’s coercion had caused all of this.She wouldn’t have decided on such a drastic move if it hadn’t been for him.
No, to be more precise—it was all Danika’s fault.
If it weren’t for her sudden appearance, Jolene would still be the Zellwegers’ only daughter, instead of stooping down to such a shameful act.
Graham was infuriated to see that his imbecile of a daughter showed no remorse and had the audacity to justify herself.
“Fine, since you’re so capable, let’s see how well you handle this yourself.”
“Dad…”
“Shut up! I’m not your dad.From now on, I only have one daughter, and that’s Danika!”
Graham glared at her, feeling insulted by Jolene calling him dad.
How could he have such a shameless daughter? At the same time, Jolene was also infuriated at Graham’s reproach.
Her eyes reddened as she stared back at him angrily.
“Fine, since you don’t want me as your daughter, I won’t acknowledge you as my father either.You’re already biased enough! It won’t make any difference for you to choose Danika over me again!”
As soon as she finished speaking, Rowena nudged her to stop her from saying anything else that would be damaging to herself.”Don’t talk nonsense.He’s still your father.It doesn’t matter if he acknowledges it or not.He’s still your father for this entire lifetime.Rowena quickly spoke up for Jolene to salvage her only remaining connection to her father that would help her get into the Windsor family.
After all, she wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything for her daughter without Graham.
Jolene pouted, evidently unhappy.
However, she didn’t say anything, knowing that she needed to listen to Rowena at this point.
If she didn’t, she might not be able to marry into the Windsors.
“Graham, I know you like Danika better.But this time, you must help Jo.After she gets married, no one will compete with Danika over the Zellweger family.Isn’t that what you want?”
Even though she didn’t want to interact with Graham any more than what was necessary, she had to speak up for Jolene”s sake.
Rubbing his temples, Graham felt infuriated and agitated.
“Help? How do you want me to help her? Should I beg the Windsors to take her in or do you want her to throw tantrums as you did back then?”
Rowena’s face became ashen as she thought about what happened in the past.She regretted it now.
Back then, she threw away all her dignity and insisted on marrying Graham by all means.
Looking back at it now, she found she’d behaved rather foolishly.
As she was reminded of her past mistake, she couldn’t help but look at Jolene, wondering if her daughter would regret her decision like her one day.
“No matter what, Jo is the one most affected by this, so James must take responsibility.He can’t shirk from it.”
Rowena didn’t want to discuss the past with Graham, she just wanted to ensure Jolene could get the best outcome.
Graham couldn’t understand how Rowena had the nerve to ask James to take responsibility when it was Jolene’s fault.
James wouldn’t even lay a finger on Jolene if he had a choice.
He was enraged beyond words, but the fact remained that Jolene was still his daughter.
He looked at Jolene and asked, “Have you really thought this through? If hell awaits you after marrying into the Windsors, do you still want to go through with it?”