YOKED TO A BILLIONAIRE BY VENNEH LISAH

𝐘𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐘-𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓:

Ryan was stunned when he heard Jason's words.

He had never expected that Jason would realize it and had always thought that Jason was a carefree person that always squandered his days on the pleasures of life and ogled at beautiful girls.

"Ryan, don't worry. We have already told the maid to leave. No one will eavesdrop on us. If you are worried that they'll hear it, you can lower your voice," whispered Eliana with a pinched voice.

"Yeah. Tell us if you have any secrets. We are of one mind. Let's face the problems together," said Jason with a stern face.

Hearing that, Ryan pondered for a while before answering them.

'Hmm… They may not help me in other things, but it's about Mommy's whereabouts now. I believe that they'll listen to me. Besides, great-grandpa keeps such a close eye on me now. It's impossible for me to go out secretly to find out mommy's whereabouts unless Jason and Eliana help me.After all, to great-grandpa, they are the most obedient children.So I think he won't suspect anything if they do something out of line.'

'Moreover, she is our mommy. Therefore, the three of us must work together in finding mommy so that everything will go faster and smoother.' Having thought that, Ryan stood up to lock the door and drew the curtains.

Seeing that, Jason and Eliana exchanged glances. Ryan's actions made both of them feel nervous.

Then, Jason inquired nervously, "Ryan, do you really have a secret?"

"What secret is that? Do you want to go on an adventure?"

At that time, an image of Ryan taking them to go on an adventure like the pirates of the Caribbean flashed across Eliana's mind.

Ryan didn't answer their questions. He took out the ring from the drawer and asked in a mysterious tone, "Jason , Eliana, do you know what this is?"

"This is a ring." Jason and Eliana inched closer toward Ryan to observe the ring and started to discuss among themselves.

"It looks like daddy's ring."

"No. This is a woman's ring. I think I have seen it before."

"Look at this." Ryan played the wedding video and showed it to Jason and Eliana.Then, he pointed at the middle finger of Violla's right hand and queried, "What do you see?"

"Oh my God! The ring looks like mommy's engagement ring!" Eliana took the ring over and studied it closely.

"Is this mommy's ring?" Jason queried tentatively.

"Yes." Ryan nodded.

"What?" Jason and Eliana's eyes widened in shock hearing that.

They only snapped back to their senses after a while. Then, they started to ask Ryan inquisitively.

"How do you get the ring? Did Mommy give it to you before she left? But I've never seen you take it out before. M-Mommy…" Before Eliana could finish her words, she froze. Her eyes widened in shock, and she looked at Ryan in disbelief, "Mommy is back?"

"Ryan, is mommy back?" Jason grabbed hold of Ryan's hands and urged the latter to say, "Quick, tell us!"

Eliana fiddled with Ryan's sleeve and urged him anxiously, too, "Yeah, you are driving me crazy! What's going on?"

"Do you still remember that eagle? I found the ring on its feet…" Ryan started to recount the incident to them.

"What?" Jason and Eliana were astounded at his words.

"It happened like this…" Ryan explained the whole incident to them in detail.

Hearing that, the two of them were very agitated.

Then, Jason said, "No wonder you slipped away this morning. I thought you did it because Miss Carol moved in, and you felt uneasy about it, so you ran away from home to scare great-grandpa. I even played along with you ."

On the other hand, Eliana queried apprehensively, "Ryan, what happened to the eagle now? Is mommy living at North villa?"

"I'm not sure. But even if mommy is not there, the people who live there will know where she is. For now, we need to figure out a way to go there and ask about mommy's whereabouts!" Ryan said in a serious tone.

"Okay. Ryan, I believe that we will be able to find mommy as long as we work together!" said Jason as he nodded his head vigorously.

"Yes. As long as we cooperate with each other, we can bring mommy back sooner!" said Eliana as she held out her hand.

Then, Jason and Ryan put their hands on the former's, as they pledged to find their mother back together.

At that time, Finny flew toward them and put its feet on their hands too.The three hands and a parrots feet stacked together, exuding an air of unity.

"Ryan, when can we start our mission?" asked Jason. He was burning with passion and wanted to start the search for their mother immediately.

"You must take us along too when you go to find mommy the next time. Don't go there alone." Eliana leaned forward, afraid that Ryan would leave her behind.

"We can't do that just yet." Ryan kept the ring properly as he said, "I have already alerted great-grandpa today, and he sent many bodyguards to watch over me. So we can't do anything for now."

"Then what should we do?" Jason hurriedly asked.

"Let's wait a few days before we start. It's rather inconvenient for us to find Mommy now that great-grandpa is here. It will be troublesome if he learned of Mommy's whereabouts…" Ryan furrowed his small brows as he meticulously analyzed the situation.

'If great-grandpa knows mommy's whereabouts, he'll definitely try to send her away again.' Ryan didn't say that out loud, of course.

Hearing that, Eliana had a gloomy expression on her face. She pursed her lips as she queried, "How long do we have to wait? I want to see Mommy and Mrs. Blake sooner."

"Me too. I wonder how they have been doing these two years. I hope they can come back sooner!" Jason felt a little sad as he thought of Violla and the housekeeper.

"I think dQqaddy is already annoyed by great-grandpa. He must be looking for a way to send great-grandpa back. We don't need to worry about that. Daddy will settle it. We can start finding Mommy once great-grandpa goes back to North Nation!" Ryan planned everything meticulously. He didn't look like a six-year-old child at all.

Then, he added, "These few days, we shall carry out our daily tasks as usual. Don't think too much about our mission and don't tell anyone about it, understand?"

"Yes!" Jason and Eliana nodded firmly.

Finny nodded too, "Yes, yes!"

"Let's give our group a name! Um… Let's call it 'The three musketeers Team'. Then, the name of our secret mission is 'Find Mommy Project !" said Jason.

"Jason, you must've read too many comics." Ryan was rather speechless.

"This would make me feel more confident in completing the mission! Come on, Ryan!" said Jason.

"Alright, alright! I'll do it!" Ryan could just follow the former's instruction.

The three of them stacked their hands again and shouted, "The three musketeers Team, Project Find Mommy officially launched!"

When Davon was on his way home, he received a call from Clyde saying that they had found Ryan and everything was settled. Hence, he ordered Marco to make a U-turn and return to the office.

Those few days, Landiana Corporation had widely publicized the opening day of South Sea, and the news had taken over the headlines of numerous platforms.

The shareholders of Roman Corporation were worried that that incident would affect the launch of the new tech products of their own company.

Hence, Davon was busy handling those matters. Besides, he was busy setting up some plans for the Gymnasium Project that he collaborated with Lewis.

Therefore, he was extremely hectic. Every day, he spent his time at Roman Corporation and the project sites.

He wanted to launch the new products of his company before Landiana Corporation so that they could compete with the latter. Otherwise, the South Sea territorial waters project would steal the limelight.

However, Davon felt a headache pounding in his head upon hearing Clyde's last sentence.

"Mr. Old Roman and Miss Landiana almost bumped into each other. Luckily, I managed to send them away in time. But I feel that Young sir Ryan was acting weird . I think he has discovered something. When we left North villa territory, he kept looking in the direction of Miss Landiana."

"What?" Davon frowned. "Ryan saw his mother?"

"No," Clyde answered firmly. "I blocked his sight. He shouldn't have seen Miss Landiana."

"Shouldn't have?" Davon growled.

"I'm sorry for my incompetence." Clyde was frustrated, but he didn't defend himself.

"Calm down, Mr. Roman," Cruze advised him. "You can't hide it forever. Miss Landiana is still going to make a public appearance on the South Sea territorial waters project's opening day. Even if the people from South Villa and North villa aren't seeing one another right now, they'd know she's back on that day."

Davon frowned after hearing the explanation. "When's the opening?"

"Thirteenth next month," Cruze answered hastily. "It's already twenty-ninth today."

"So we have sixteen days to work with." Davon tapped the armrest of his leather chair, then he told Clyde, "Call Carol. If she's holding up, tell her to have dinner with me tonight."

"Huh?" Clyde was startled by the request, but he quickly answered, "Right away, Sir. Give me a minute."

Davon ended the call, but he didn't look relaxed. In fact, he was tense.

'I have to get grandpa back to North Nation, or I'll get held back. I have to get Violla by my side and the kids side . So they wouldn't be surprised .'

"Don't worry. There are about two weeks before that. We'll settle this before then," Cruze calmed him down.

At the same time, Clyde called back, "Miss Carol isn't feeling well. She declined your invitation."

Davon was surprised to hear that. He thought Carol would accept the invitation no matter what, but he never expected her to say no. "I see." Davon hung up.

"Miss Carol sustained quite a serious injury. I saw her yesterday, and she couldn't even get out of bed. Going out for a meal seems unrealistic for now," Cruze explained.

"We'll talk about this later. For now, let's settle some business."

"Yes."

Davon worked for the whole day and refused all appointments for that night. He wanted to go home soon and spend some time with his kids, but it was already ten when he got home.

D'barl and Carol were having a game of chess when Davon got back. D'barl seemed to be in a good mood, and he laughed heartily. "Good form, Carol. Good form. Not many people out there have the patience to play chess with me and win. You're the second."

Carol put her chess piece down and signaled, ''Is Davon the first?''

"No." D'barl shook his head and sighed. "It was his mother Crystal."

Carol froze up for a moment, then she apologized, 'I'm sorry. I shouldn't have talked about that."

"It's fine. It's all in the past now." Then D'barl realized Davon had returned, and his gentle attitude was replaced by a stern one. "You're late."

"I tried my best to be early." He went upstairs, then he remembered something and asked, "Are you guys hungry? Wanna get supper together?"

D'barl stopped drinking his tea, surprised that Davon would ask them out for supper. Davon was, after all, a cold man.

''Sure. I'm getting hungry now,'' Carol gestured.

"Make some light supper. I'll come back after I change," Davon told the head maid.

"Yes, Mr. Young Roman." The head maid quickly sent the servants to the kitchen, while Davon went upstairs.

D'barl looked at him for a while, then he turned to Carol. "Carol, did he talk to you over the last few days?"

''He asked me out for dinner tonight, but I declined because I'm not in a state to go out yet,'' she gesticulated.

"Is that so?" D'barl was delighted. "That's progress right there. "

Carol bit her lip shyly, her face scarlet. ''Maybe he's just being polite. It couldn't have been romantic.''

"But he's a lot better now, so take the chance, Carol," D'barl advised her. "He's a softie at heart. Yeah, he might look uncaring, but he's a loyal man. If you make him fall for you, he'll treat you like a queen."

''I know .'' Carol nodded with a smile.

"Do you still like him then?" D'barl asked again.

''Yes,'' she answered without missing a beat. ''I have loved him the moment I saw him back when I was fifteen, and that hasn't changed.''

"That's good to hear." D'barl smiled warmly.

A short while later, the head maid had prepared some meal. The servants took D'barl and Carol to the dining table, and Davon came down after changing.

They sat around the table, and D'barl asked about the company, while Davon answered him. D'barl criticized him, dissatisfied with Davon's nonchalant attitude.

Davon was getting impatient. "I've been working the whole day now. Can't you just let me have some peace and quiet at home?"

"Why you…" D'barl was about to fly into a rage, but Carol gave him a piece of meat and gestured, ''The meat's really nice. Have some, grandpa.''

Her gentle smile soothed D'barl's fury. "You should take a leaf out of her page. She's so gentle, so nice." D'barl pointed at Davon. "You, on the other hand, growls at everyone."

Davon had his supper in silence. He wanted to get back to his room, but he needed to be there so Carol would calm D'barl down, or he would have left otherwise.

''Grandpa, you seem to look tired these days. Did something happen?'' Carol gesticulated.

"Nope. Just taking care of the kids. I'm still fit as a fiddle." He sighed. "But yeah, age isn't on my side, and this is one humid mountain. My whole body's sore and that tires me out easily."

Davon looked up at Carol. 'We're getting to the main topic now.'

''It is quite humid here, but this is the best place to be in summer. It's cool, and the air is fresh,'' Carol gesticulated with a smile. ''But you can't really stay here. I seem to remember seeing you in better shape back in North Nation.''

"Uh-huh." D'barl nodded. "I got used to North Nation's weather."

''I'll give you a massage once I feel better. That should relieve a bit of the soreness,'' Carol kept gesticulating. ''And your doctor back in Crescent town a good one too. Why don't we get him here?''

"I don't think so." D'barl shook his head. "He's in his eighties now, and his family won't let him fly overseas because of his health. He called me last night, said he'd perform a checkup on me once I go back, but I might not have the chance anymore." D'barl dwelled in his sadness, for his biggest fear was his old friends' passing.

''But the doc looks well enough to me.'' Carol was surprised.

"He used to be, but not after he tripped and fell." D'barl had gotten more solemn. "I tripped once two years ago, and since then, I'm wheelchair-bound. I could kick the ball around with my grandkid before that."

''It's bad for the elderly to trip.'' Carol frowned. ''I think the doc could recover if he has plenty of rest. You should too. Remember to go for your treatment.''