YOKED TO A BILLIONAIRE BY VENNEH LISAH

𝐘𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐘- 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄:

Davon looked lost even when he had returned to the car. Nothing else was on his mind except Violla's face.

Initially, his instinct told him that the girl was Violla when he watched the footage from the surveillance camera, but he began to question his judgment because of all the doubts he had in mind.

Now that Davon finally got to see her in person, he immediately recognized her. 'She's definitely Violla, my one and only Violla Milan!'

He was overjoyed. None of the conspiracies or feuds with the Landiana family bothered him at that point.

He was thrilled to know that his beloved Violla was still alive and had returned. 'No matter how difficult it is going to be, I'm going to win her back. And we'll once again reunite as a family. I know right now she probably hates me and doesn't trust me. Maybe she thinks I had a hand in what happened to her.'

Davon was fifteen minutes late by the time he reached the school. Fortunately, the bodyguard who brought the gifts over had arrived on time. Davon opened his car door and noticed a petite woman was standing in front of him. She put on a smile and gave him gifts.

"What are you doing here?" A sudden frown warped Davon's face.

The bodyguard came up and took over the gifts instead.

Carol immediately explained in sign language, "I had dinner with grandpa, and he asked one of the bodyguards to send me home. Since the bodyguard had to deliver these gifts to the kids, I told him to come here first."

Davon replied with a simple thank you and left right away.

"You're welcome." Carol looked at his back and expressed in sign language.

"Send Miss Carol home," Cruze ordered and caught up with Davon.

"Miss Carol." The bodyguard opened the car door for her. Carol stood still like a statue and watched Davon leave. She only looked away when he disappeared from her sight.

Davon quickened his steps and arrived at the hall.Fortunately, he arrived on time to listen to the speech by the student representative.

Eliana who was six years old then, was not as chubby as before. In fact, she had grown taller. The girl who used to cry frequently now appeared to be steadier and more confident!

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Eliana Roman. I'm pleased to represent all Grade One students to make an opening speech here."

A corner of Davon's smile quirked up when he saw Eliana speaking on stage.

The triplets were traumatized when Violla disappeared. Over the years, Davon had tried all kinds of methods to help them overcome the trauma.

In the blink of an eye, two years had passed, and they were now attending elementary school.

Though Ryan had had one-on-one holistic training since a very young age, Davon still enrolled him in that school because he wanted him to have an enjoyable childhood and mingle around with the other children.

But Ryan seemed more mature than the other children of his age. There were even times he would hide in his little corner and spend time investigating Violla's whereabouts on the Internet.

"That's all from me. Thank you!" Eliana ended with a curtsy before walking down the stage.

Davon looked at her and gave her a smile. Eliana walked over, sat next to him, and pouted, "You're late. You said you'd be here on time."

"I'm sorry. I'll not make the same mistake again. I promise." Davon gently rubbed her head and gave her her gift, "You're officially an elementary school kid now. All the best to you, Eliana Roman."

"Thank you, daddy," Eliana took over the gift and responded with a cheerful grin. But the moment she saw the gift, she could not help but frown, "Oh, man. Another Barbie doll? There are too many dolls in my room already, daddy!"

"What other gifts can I get you?" Davon put on a serious face, "I thought all little girls like dolls?"

"I bet mine is a toy car or a toy plane," Jason said. The six-year-old, too, had shed his baby fat and became a handsome boy now.

"Mine for sure are jigsaw puzzles," Ryan smirked and said icily, "Those tricky one-thousand-piece puzzles."

"All three of you know me too well." Davon smiled wryly. "I did try my best to choose the most special ones, though."

"It's just different types and models." Ryan rolled his eyes at him. "Never mind. I've lost hope in you already, daddy."

"What do you like? Tell me. I'll get someone to buy for you now," Davon asked right away.

"That's not a surprise gift anymore!" Jason shook his head and patted Davon's shoulder like an adult. "It's okay, daddy. We're happy that you bought us gifts."

"Yeah. I actually like this doll. Look! It's a unique doll ." Eliana showed everyone her gift. She then started using her fingers to count. "She's the thirty-ninth member of my doll family!"

"Daddy promise to surprise you with interesting gifts in the future, okay?" Davon felt he needed to take that matter more seriously. He wanted the triplets to enjoy their gifts.

"The orientation is going to end soon. Come on, let's go." Ryan could not wait to leave the hall.

To him, a ceremony like that was just a waste of time. He only attended the orientation to support Eliana

"All right, let's go." Davon wanted to place the children on his shoulders, but they immediately turned him down.

"We're elementary school kids now. We can't ride on daddy's shoulders anymore." Jason seemed to enjoy putting on a mature front.

He took a glance at the girls around her and whispered, "There are so many pretty girls in the school. I don't want them to think that I'm daddy's boy and run away from me."

Davon instantly burst into laughter. "Daddy's boy!"

"Jason, do you remember the promise you made during your kindergarten graduation? You promised to marry Sally when you grow up." Eliana raised her brows and teased, "You even wrote her a bunch of love letters."

"We're in elementary school now. It's time to move on!" Jason shot daggers at Eliana and said in a serious voice, "Besides, how many of us actually remember the stupid things we did as kids?"

"What an unfaithful young man," Ryan sighed.

"Exactly." Eliana pouted and gave Jason a disdainful look.

"You should learn to be as faithful as daddy." Davon gently patted the back of Jason's head.

"As faithful as you?" Ryan suddenly questioned, "What about Miss Carol?"

Hearing that, Davon froze for a bit. He never had that discussion with the children before as he always thought they were too young to understand anything. Apparently, they were aware of everything.

In the last two years, D'barl had wiped out all of Violla's records and replaced her with Carol.

Though the children did not know about that, they could feel Carol had been visiting the Roman residence more frequently and was constantly trying to please Davon.

The triplet did not have the heart to detest Carol as she always seemed frail.

What they did instead was keep a distance away from her. Now that the children had grown up, they began to understand adults a little better. They knew D'barl was trying to matchmake Carol with their father.

This topic got Jason and Eliana all serious. They tilted their heads and looked at Davon.

A line formed between Jason's brows, and he asked directly, "Daddy, do you like Miss Carol?"

"Will you marry her?" Eliana held Davon's hand and asked with a frown.

"No." Davon shook his head. "Your mommy is the only love of my life."

Ryan heaved a sigh of relief. "I have been dreaming about mommy lately. I think she's going to come back soon."

"Yeah, me too!" Eliana raised her hand and said, "I dreamt about mommy and Mrs. Blake too. In my dream, Mrs. Blake woke me up in the morning, and mommy was making hot cross bunnies in the kitchen."

"I remember the hot cross bunnies mommy made were a little salty." Jason felt a little dispirited all of a sudden. "If they ever come back, I promise to eat all Mommy's salty hot cross bunnies and uncooked mac and cheese and drink her watermelon juice that smells like onion."

"Me too." Ryan raised his head and looked at Davon. "We might be young, but mommy and Mrs. Blake are always on our mind."

"I miss them very much too." Davon rubbed Ryan's head. "Don't worry, Mommy's going to come home soon."

D'barl had once said children would not remember anything that happened . The triplets, he believed, would forget who Violla was and embrace a new mother in no time.

Two years had passed, yet those three little ones had never forgotten Violla. They had been waiting for her to return.

What a coincidence for the little one to dream of their mother when she had made an unexpected appearance!

"Daddy…" Seeing the woman at the parking lot Eliana stopped walking.

Davon looked up and saw Carol standing next to his car with a lot of gifts. She instantly smiled the moment she saw the four of them from afar.

Ryan knitted his brows and pulled his hand away from Davon.

Jason, who was playing his Rubik's Cube, wondered why they stopped walking. But seeing Carol, he, too, froze on the spot.

Carol ran in their direction and gave all the gifts to the children.

Initially, they wanted to turn down the gifts, but after seeing how sincere and delighted she was, they had no choice but to accept them. "Thank you."

Carol was all smiles and gestured with her hands. "All of you are elementary school pupils now. Let me know if you need any help in your studies, okay?"

Though Carol had a speaking disability, she held doctorate degrees in Medicine and Education and was also a top psychologist in the field.

Her impressive credentials were why D'barl chose her to substitute Violla when the latter had gone missing.

D'barl liked her not only because she was weak and unable to speak. More importantly, he thought she was capable of educating the children.

"Thank you!" The triplets did not know what else to say anymore.

"Thank you. You can go home now." Davon responded in sign language Cruze came up and took Carol to the car.

She grinned at the children, waved them goodbye, and followed Cruze to the car. The three little ones heaved a sigh of relief after she had left.

Eliana pursed her lips and said, "Miss Carol is quite a nice lady. I'd have been friends with her if she was not trying to replace mommy."

"Yeah. She always prepared nice gifts for us, and we felt too awkward to even reject her." Jason frowned.

"Daddy, you must do something," Ryan said straight to the point, "If you don't like her and don't intend to marry her, you have to tell her not to waste her time and effort. It would be extremely awkward for everyone when Mommy returns."

"You're right." Davon nodded.

In fact, he had made it clear to Carol before. Yet, she told him she was doing it on her own free will and not expecting anything in return.

Her response had rendered Davon speechless.

Now that Violla had returned, Davon felt he needed to have another talk with her. He hoped she could keep a distance away from him and the children.

D'barl was waiting for them in the living hall when they reached home. He, too, flew all the way from the North Nation and prepared gifts for the triplets.

"Great-grandpa!" Jason and Eliana ran toward D'barl as they were thrilled to see him in the house.

Ryan, on the other hand, responded more calmly.

"Hey!" D'barl's lips curled into a smile seeing the children.

D'barl's health had deteriorated over the last two years. At the age of eighty-eight, he was now fully wheelchair-bound. He was however grateful that he was still able to enjoy the company of his great-grandchildren at that age.

"When did you come back, great-grandpa?" Eliana immediately kneeled beside D'barl and massaged his leg.

"Why don't you stay with us since you've not been feeling well lately? We'll be here to take care of you," Jason massaged his shoulders.

Ryan sat beside them for a moment and said icily, "I have to go upstairs to finish some work now, great-grandpa."

Without hesitation, he went upstairs. D'barl's expression turned grim seeing how cold Ryan was.

Jason and Eliana might not be knowing the truth, but Ryan knew that their mother left because of D'barl.

Ryan knew D'barl treated them well, but he could not forgive him for forcing their mother to leave the family. At the same time, there was nothing much he could do because he was just a child. Hence, being emotionally distant was Ryan's only way to express his dismay.

"You didn't have to fly all the back for just a small occasion. Are you tired?" Davon asked impassively.

He used to enjoy talking to D'barl in the past but not anymore.

"They're in elementary school now. I should come back and celebrate their big day." A sudden frown warped D'barl's face. "I heard the Landiana Corporation got their hands on the territorial waters of the South Sea?"

"Let's talk about work in the study." Davon gently patted Jason's and Eliana's shoulders and said, "It's late . Go and sleep now."

"Okay!"

"Goodnight, great-grandpa! Goodnight, daddy!"

"Goodnight, kids." After the children had returned to their room, Douglas wheeled D'barl to the study.

Davon changed into fresh clothes and sat down. Cruze walked up and served him a glass of iced wine.

"You still drink?" D'barl looked up at him with a scowl. "Have you forgotten the pain you experienced from your stomach bleeding?"

The first six months after Violla's disappearance was hell for Davon. He could neither eat nor sleep in peace, and he spent his days abusing alcohol and drown in misery. His excessive drinking had taken a toll on his health. It was so bad that he suffered gastrointestinal bleeding and had to be rushed to the hospital.

D'barl kept him company in the hospital the entire night. He was so worried for Davon that he had aged overnight.

That day onward, D'barl had toned down quite a lot and was no longer as domineering as he was before. He would turn a blind eye to Davon's actions as long as he knew his limits.

"Just a little!" Davon seemed to be in a good mood and was not as aloof as before.

"Why didn't you bid for the South Sea's territorial waters personally? Don't you know it's important?" D'barl brought up that topic once again as he was not pleased with Davon's action.

D'barl continued, "The Landiana Corporation had been eyeing on the territorial waters for two years, but thankfully, we managed to weaken their power by subduing their alliance – the Blacks, the Stanleys, and the Tariques."

"How can you allow them to make a comeback? Are you not aware of it?" D'barl frowned. "I heard Leon sent a young girl to the auction, and she has instantly become the talk of the town in the business world after winning the bid."

"You investigated her?" Davon knitted his brows. He did not want D'barl to know the girl was Violla as he was afraid that D'barl would sabotage his plan.

"What is there to investigate?" D'barl expressed his dissatisfaction. "The news about that young girl has spread like wildfire."