Filed to story: The Regretful Billionaire: An Unpredicted Reunion
Upon seeing that Brandon didn’t follow them, she breathed a sigh of relief.
“You’re so popular now, Danika.”
Stephanie stifled a laugh with her hand over her mouth, clearly enjoying Danika’s misfortune.
Danika glared at her and said in annoyance, “If you laugh at me again, I’ll make them come and bug you.Would you like that?”
“I’m sorry.I shouldn’t have laughed at you.”
Stephanie knew very well she couldn’t handle those people.
In the meantime, on the stage not far away, representatives from both the Zellweger and Windsor families were giving speeches, saying nothing more than polite remarks.
Danika didn’t even need to listen to know what they were saying.
She couldn’t help but look at James and thought helplessly, “What are you doing, James? Do you really want to marry her for the sake of your family?”
Fortunately, it was only an engagement for now and not an official marriage yet.
Danika could only pray that James had other plans.
On the stage, Jolene unexpectedly took the microphone.
Danika frowned, not knowing what she was going to say.
“Thank you all for attending our engagement banquet.It may have been surprising for some of you, but not for me.I’ve liked James for many years, so I’m very happy and blessed that we’re now engaged.James, I don’t know how you feel about me now, but I want to Jet you know that I love you.I will love you for the rest of my life, and I hope you can try to accept me.I believe we can be happy together.”
After her short speech, the audience applauded because they thought she sounded quite sincere.
However, James remained expressionless, and a hint of contempt could be seen on his face.
Jolene didn’t care and turned her gaze to Danika, who was hiding in the corner.
“Danika, I’ll leave the family to you from now on.I believe you can handle it well since Father always says you’re smarter than me.”
Danika groaned internally, “Why are you bringing me into this now? I don’t believe your words one bit.”
Jolene then thanked her parents and finished her speech.She made it seem like she was getting married, but it was just an engagement.
The wedding date was still not confirmed, so her marriage to James wasn’t set in stone yet.Jolene left herself no room to back down by saying all that.
What Do You Want?
More importantly, the Britts were also present.
By saying she’d always liked James, Jolene basically admitted to making a fool out of the Britts when she previously agreed to the engagement with Brandon.
Many people surreptitiously stole glances at the Britts in the hall to see their expressions.
As expected, they clearly weren’t thrilled.
Brandon didn’t exactly like Jolene, but at that moment, everyone looked at him with a sympathetic expression as if they were sorry that he’d been fooled.
He’d initially decided not to pursue the matter, but if he left it at that, everyone would think he was too afraid of the Zellwegers to retaliate.
Wanting to uphold his dignity, he raised his glass and walked toward Jolene.
At that moment, Jolene was busy socializing and receiving well wishes.
Tonight was easily the most glorious day in her whole life.
Regardless of what others said, she was basically half a Windsor now, and she’d successfully elevated herself to a higher status.
Even if those people were secretly envious of her, they could only put on a fake smile and congratulate her.
“You’re quite good at scheming, Miss Zellweger,” Brandon said.
That was the first time the two met and talked after the incident with James happened.
Jolene didn’t dare to face Brandon and had been avoiding him.
At the same time, Brandon didn’t look for her either.
Now, on this occasion, she couldn’t hide from him even if she wanted to.
They were bound to see each other there one way or another.
As Jolene’s gaze landed on Brandon, she inexplicably felt a little frightened.
“Mr.Britt, I’m sorry about what happened before.You know, at that time, I was forced by my father.”
“Oh? So, everything you said to me was a lie, was it?” Brandon sneered.
He remembered clearly that Jolene had told him she liked him before but didn’t want to settle down so quickly.
Now, she was saying that she’d been forced by Graham instead.She was capable of nothing but lies; none of the words that she’d said held any truth.
Jolene forced a smile.
Only they knew what had happened between them.
Fortunately, she didn’t leave any evidence.
Therefore, she just needed to deny she’d ever said that she liked him.
“Mr.Britt, we know you like Jo, but she doesn’t like you.Isn’t it pointless for you to continue pestering her?”
Jolene’s friend spoke up.
Previously, they’d thought Brandon was not a bad choice.
But now that Jolene had James, Brandon was way inferior as a suitor.
“That’s right, Mr.Britt.If you really like Jo, you should wish her well,” another friend of Jolene’s added.
Brandon looked at them, then at Jolene, who remained silent.He snorted and said nothing; he just turned around and left.
Seeing him leave, Jolene breathed a sigh of relief.
“Thank you for speaking up for me.”
“Jo, you’re too nice.It was obviously Brandon who’d been pestering you.Why did you even speak to him so politely?”
One of her friends was particularly angry.
If one didn’t know better, one would have thought that Brandon had offended her somehow.
Jolene smiled and didn’t say anything.
After having a few drinks with her acquaintances, she went to the washroom.She’d had quite a lot to drink that night.She stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom and adjusted her dress.
It was her big day, and she wanted to make sure every inch of her was perfect.
Suddenly, a figure appeared behind her and hugged her tightly.
“ah! uw Jolene screamed instinctively, but the person covered her mouth with his hand.
“What are you screaming for? Do you want everyone to come and have a look?”
Hearing that, Jolene closed her mouth and dared not make any noise.
“What do you want, Brandon?”
Jolene gritted her teeth and turned around to glare at him.
With a chuckle, Brandon roamed his hands all over her waist, showing no intention of letting go.
Jolene’s face was flushed red with anger.
“Let me go!”
“There’s no need to be so upset.It’s not like I haven’t touched you before.”
When he believed that Jolene would eventually marry him, he was respectful toward her.
Since that was no longer the case, he didn’t need to treat her politely.
You Whore
“What nonsense are you spouting? Nothing ever happened between us! If you dare say anything slanderous again, I’ll make you pay for it!”
She pushed him away forcefully, looking at him warily.
“what did he mean by ‘It’s not like I haven’t touched you before’? If outsiders hear this, they might think something happened between us,” Jolene thought in panic.
But in fact, nothing ever happened between them.
Jolene didn’t want to be wrongly accused of something that never happened.