Chapter 146 – The Regretful Billionaire: An Unpredicted Reunion

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She was a little dumbfounded at his seriousness. Finally, she muttered, “Whatever.”

The car moved slowly on the road. Orchid Village was a long drive from Parrington, and the trip would take at least four hours. They left early in the morning and finally arrived at the village at noon. As they had notified Danika’s relatives, they were immediately greeted by her second uncle, David Wilkins, at the entrance to the family home.

“Danika! You’re finally here. I waited for a long time.” David went up to greet her, but he was surprised and confused by Eustace’s presence. Danika never told anyone that she would bring a guest. “Um, who is he?”

She glanced at Eustace and introduced him, “This is Eustace Quincey. He’s tagging along. Don’t worry about him. Eustace, this is my Uncle David.”

Eustace went up and shook David’s hand with a wide smile. “Hello, Uncle David. Just call me Eustace.”

“Oh, hello!” David was puzzled by Danika’s relationship with the guest but didn’t press further. He led them into the house, but the children were nowhere to be seen in the living room. They went fishing at the village entrance,” David explained. “They’re having so much fun here.”

“Thanks, Uncle David,” Danika said. David had always taken care of her when she was a kid, and she still needed his help as an adult.

David waved at her coolly. “We’re family. You don’t have to thank me. Take a seat, and let’s have lunch.” He gestured at them to sit.

Right when they sat down, someone showed up at the door.

“Aunt Hannah!” Danika greeted one of the women. She said to the other, “Felicity! When did you come home?”

“This is my family home. I can come home any time I want. Do I need to inform you first?” Felicity glared at Danika without attempting to mask her dislike for her cousin.

Danika only smiled and didn’t take it personally. Felicity had never liked her much since they were kids. When her grandfather was still around, she’d argue with Felicity, and since she rarely visited the village nowadays, there was no need to stay in contact with her cousin.

Felicity was about to mock Danika when she noticed Eustace at the dining table, and her expression shifted. Who’s he?”

“He’s a friend of Danika,” David introduced Eustace coldly. Then, he hissed at Felicity, “Why are you still standing? Come sit down for lunch. Do I have to roll out the red carpet for you now?” He was helpless when it came to his useless daughter.

Felicity sat right beside Eustace. “Hi, I’m Felicity Wilkins. Just call me Felicity.”

Eustace nodded at her. He put on his best behavior around Felicity, given that she was Danika’s cousin.

Over lunch, Felicity’s eyes were glued to Eustace, which embarrassed her father to no end. David struck up a conversation to suppress his anger. “Danika, how long will you stay?”

Danika looked up at him. “Uncle David, I’m here to pick up Justin and Lilian. We’ll head back to Parrington tomorrow.”

“Oh, that’s a little rushed! Don’t you want to stay a few more days since you’ve traveled all the He sounded disappointed.

way here?”

Before Danika could reply, Hannah scoffed, “She’s a city girl now. She wouldn’t want to live in the village.” “Oh! Shut up!” David bellowed. “Danika isn’t like that.”

“Aunt Hannah, no matter where I live now, Orchid Village will always be home.” Danika smiled at her, ignoring the mockery.

Hannah smirked but fell silent after David glared at her. Still, she was spiteful at Danika’s success. She was unhappy at how her father-in-law raised Danika by his side, nurturing her and paying for her studies and talent classes. Not only that, he had arranged Danika’s marriage to an allegedly rich family in Parrington before his death. Meanwhile, Hannah stewed in resentment and jealousy as Felicity received nothing. After lunch, David requested Danika to bring Eustace around the village. Felicity interjected, “How about! bring him around? Danika’s looking for the two kids, isn’t she? She can go ahead.”

During their short meeting, Felicit looked into Eustace’s background online because he seemed familiar. Her jaw fell at the search results. She learned that Eustace was the CEO of Quincey Group and the wealthiest man in Parrington. She’d wallow in regret if she let this handsome and rich man slip through her fingers.

Danika glanced at Felicity and immediately knew what she was up to. She agreed, “Sure. You should bring Eustace around.” Her words made Eustace whip his head and shoot her a warning look. Danika chuckled dryly and shrugged. “Well, Eustace, Felicity is just being nice to you. I can’t possibly turn her down. What do your think?”

“Let’s go together.” Eustace ignored her excuse. He had absolutely no interest in Felicity Wilkins; he wouldn’t have given her the time of day if she wasn’t Danika’s cousin.

“Eustace…” Felicity purred.

“Let’s get moving. We’ll look for Justin and Lilian.” Refusing to listen to another word from Felicity, he stood up and walked out of the house. Danika was next, and Felicity followed behind her with gritted teeth.

With the three gone, only David and Hannah were left in the house. “Look at your daughter!” he chided.” She’s drooling at the sight of men! How inappropriate!”

“And whose fault is that?” She rolled her eyes at her husband, thinking that Felicity was not in the wrong.” Your dad is to blame. Why didn’t he arrange a marriage for Felicity while he was at it? Danika’s younger than Felicity, so why did she get married before Felicity? That’s pure favoritism!”

David felt a headache coming on. “How many times do I have to tell you? My dad did not arrange Danika’s marriage. Danika had been engaged to the son of that family early on! Got it?”

“I don’t care! Anyway, you need to put in more effort for Felicity’s marriage. You’d better ask Danika to find her a rich family from Parrington. Felicity’s destined to be the wife of a rich man-she’s not going to marry a useless bum as I did!” Hannah was blunt and rude, and her words were filled with her disdain for David.

David furrowed his brows in anger. “You want Danika to find a man for Felicity? She just got divorced, and now you want to burden her with that responsibility?”

“Why not?” Hannah insisted. “The man who’s been following her is obviously rich. I think Felicity likes him too.” When David hesitated to respond, Hannah became angry and threatened him, “Don’t forget, I know all the secrets between you and your father. Don’t think I won’t reveal them.”

David’s expression turned serious, “What do you know?”

“Who is Danika’s real father?” Hannah asked.

David was taken aback, “My older brother is her father. What are you trying to say?”

Hannah didn’t back down. “You think I’m stupid? You don’t have an older brother. Although no one in the village knows, I found it out.”

Before she knew it, she found David’s hands wrapped around her neck. His grip tightened as he said, “You have no idea what you’re talking about. Shut up.”

Hannah remained firm. “Danika is not even a Wilkins. You can’t keep this hidden forever.”

David’s hands squeezed harder, and Hannah started to feel scared. She tried to push him away, but he wouldn’t let go. He released his grip just as Hannah thought she was going to die. She coughed violently and accused him of wanting her dead because of Danika.

“Now I know whose child Danika is. She must be your illegitimate daughter with some bitch outside!” she screamed.

“I warn you,” he said coldly. “Don’t you dare say that again if you want to stay alive!”

Hannah wanted to argue but was terrified of David’s wrath. She pointed at him and declared, “Just you wait. This isn’t over!” With that, she quickly ran away, fearing for her safety.

David watched her leave and shook his head, muttering to himself, “Hannah, I’m really doing what’s best for our family!” Then, he walked over to his father’s urn and asked, “Dad, whose child is Danika?”

Neither Hannah nor David knew the answer. All David could remember was that one night, his father returned with a child in his arms and instructed him to tell everyone it was his older brother’s child. They moved to Orchid Village soon after and never left.

Although they remained secluded, Horace hired teachers to train Danika well. David sighed as he gazed at the village, sensing that it held many secrets. Nonetheless, he had promised his father to keep their secret, so he would never reveal it.

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