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“Run!” That was the last word Danika uttered before she disappeared into the van.
Danika’s worry did not materialize. The three guys dragged her into the van but ignored Stephanie altogether. Then, they quickly fled the scene.
Everything happened too fast. After the van disappeared into the night, Stephanie finally pulled herself together and called the police in a panic. Even after making a police report, a strong sense of worry plagued her.
“No! I can’t let anything happen to Danika!” With that in mind, she dialed the number she had saved on her phone yesterday.
A black car was parked in a corner where she was not looking. The men in the car looked in Stephanie’s direction through binoculars.
“Why is there only one of them? I thought the two women would be heading this way?” one of them questioned.
“Mr. Dickman is only after Danika Zellweger. If we lose track of her, we will be in trouble.”
The car swiftly vanished in an attempt to track Danika down.
Inside the CEO’s office of Quincey Group, Eustace felt a random palpitation during Vincent’s work report presentation. Right then, his phone buzzed, and he quickly answered the call. “Did something happen?” “How did you know that something had happened?” Paul was perplexed by Eustace’s acute sense, for he had not uttered a word.
“Tell me now!” Eustace hissed, sounding like he was holding back extreme anger.
“I just got the news that your ex-wife has been abducted,” Paul reported. Eustace shot up from the chair. ” What?”
“I’ll send you the location of the abduction site. It’s up to you to get involved or to stay out of it. Either way, I’ve informed you.” With that, Paul promptly hung up. Had it not been for Stephanie’s call for help, he wouldn’t have batted an eye about Danika’s fate. Since Stephanie asked him for help, he couldn’t sit back and do nothing about it. Therefore, he called Eustace to update him. He didn’t care what Eustace would do with the information.
Not long after, Eustace got the promised text from Paul, complete with the location of Danika’s abduction and the event timeline. He wandered out of his office while reading the text, leaving Vincent scratching his head in the middle of the presentation. He wondered, “Did something major happen again?” “Vincent!” He heard a roar from outside and hurriedly emerged from the CEO’s office. “Mr. Quincey.” “Check the surveillance footage around the area of the location I just sent you,” Eustace ordered. Vincent was too afraid to ask anything more, so he nodded obediently and went to work right away.
When Stephanie exited the police station, she saw a Rolls-Royce Phantom parked in front of her, and Eustace showed up.
“A-Eustace Quincey…” Stephanie was surprised to see him.
“Get in the car and tell me everything from the beginning.”
Stephanie was still in shock, but his hostile gaze pulled her back to reality, and she hurriedly joined him inside. With Eustace’s help, she hoped they could get to Danika as soon as possible.
In the car, Stephanie reported Danika’s schedule on that day to Eustace. After everything, she asked, “Mr. Quincey, can you help find her?”
“I will find her.”
The car rolled to a stop, and she got out. Soon, the Phantom was gone.
Danika was blindfolded in the van.
“She’s quite the looker. This job is so worth it! We get paid to sleep with a beauty.”
“Don’t let your guard down. The police could be after us at any minute.”
“What’s there to be scared of? After this job’s done, we get to go abroad. The money from the client should be enough for us to enjoy life for a while.”
Danika overheard the conversation among the three men and soon figured out the situation. Someone had hired these men to abduct her but wanted her assaulted, not killed.
Analyzing the situation calmly, she confirmed that there were only three men around her. They were no match for her under normal circumstances. However, she recalled feeling weak and dizzy when they hauled her into the van, and she understood that she must have been drugged. Her only trip out today was for lunch with Stephanie, and the abduction happened after she left the restaurant. She concluded. that she must have been drugged at the restaurant.
She was focused on thinking because she was not intimidated by the three men at all. Her only goal was to find out the identity of the client who hired them.
Soon, the van came to a stop, and someone reached out to lift her. She pretended that she had just woken up.
“Who are you? What are you doing to me?” she exclaimed, acting terrified. The icy look in her eyes was masked under the blindfold, leading her abductors to let down their guard in front of a seemingly frightened woman. They chuckled. “Hey lovely, don’t be scared. We are not after your life.”
She almost gagged at their response. Had she not been tied up, she would have punched them in the face. by now. She questioned, “Who gave you this order?”
They ignored her and shoved her forward. Not long after, she heard the creaking sound of something like a metal gate. They led her in and pushed her aside.
“Gus, call the client and have her send us the money now,” one of the men suggested. Soon, Danika heard a man walking out, presumably to make the call.
Next, she heard a man grunting and moaning indecently in her ear.
“Pip, why the rush? When we get the money, she’ll be all yours.” The man who suggested calling the client dragged his lewd colleague away. The two could be heard quarreling, but Danika ignored the happenings and focused on cutting the ropes around her wrist with a penknife she carried with her.
At the same time, Steven’s face fell when he saw his men returning to his villa without Danika. “How could you lose track of someone you’ve drugged? What good are you?”
“Mr. Dickman, we had no idea what happened to her. She disappeared in the blink of an eye!” The men stood there with their heads lowered to avoid eye contact with their furious boss. Right when Steven was about to unleash his anger, he heard a commotion at the entrance. The guard could be heard yelling. “Mr. Quincey, you can’t barge in! Mr. Dickman is…”
“Get lost!” The guard at the door was kicked aside by Eustace. He marched into the living room, noticed Steven’s presence, and went up with a livid expression.
“A-Eustace Quincey, why are you here?” Steven was intimidated by his hostility. “We are family friends. You’d better behave yourself.”
Eustace grabbed him by the collar and lifted him off the floor. “Where’s Danika Zellweger?”
“Danika Zellweger? Who’s that?” Steven was dumbfounded.
“Still lying to me?” Eustace hurled his punches at Steven before lifting him off the floor again. “The restaurant admitted to drugging her. So, where is she now?”
He knew Steven’s crooked behavior well, which was why he hurried over just in case he was too late to save her. Steven, disoriented after being punched, answered, “Are you talking about Dr. Zellweger? She’s not here… Ouch!”
Another punch landed on Steven’s body, and he collapsed to the floor.
“I will give you one last chance. Tell me. Where is she?” A storm was brewing in Eustace’s eyes. If he couldn’t find Danika, he might actually go mad.
Steven felt uneasy after learning about Danika’s background, but even if he knew that Dr. Zellweger was Eustace Quincey’s ex-wife, he would still put his hands on her. After all, it was rare to come across a beauty like her. If he didn’t try her, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
Of course, he was smart enough to keep his thoughts to himself, or else he might risk getting beaten up by Eustace.
He pressed his bruised cheek and explained the situation to Eustace. He wrapped up with honesty, “She’s not here. My men couldn’t find her too.”
Eustace obviously didn’t trust his words. He scanned the villa and stared at Steven. Steven felt a chill down his spine, like he was the target of a predator. “Eustace, I swear I am telling you the truth!”
They were distracted by Eustace’s ringtone. Eustace quickly took the call and briskly left the villa, leaving the others wondering what had been said.
Seeing that, Steven heaved a relieved sigh. Once Eustace was gone, he immediately ordered, “Get the car. I need to go to my dad’s.”
He had a taste of Eustace’s scary character and needed protection from it. At the door, he was stopped by at few bodyguards dressed in black. “Mr. Dickman, Mr. Quincey has given orders to keep you at home until he finds Danika Zellweger.”
“A-Eustace Quincey!” Steven ground his teeth in hatred, but he dared not go against the man.
A few cars sped down the roads in the countryside. Eustace got a call from Vincent, who reported on the clues he found in the surveillance footage. Apparently, Danika Zellweger was abducted by another group of men who had nothing to do with Steven Dickman. His face turned ashen, and he stepped harder on the accelerator.
At that moment, a red sports car in the left lane caught up with him. Max rolled down the car window, looking serious, and said, “Eustace Quincey, want to bet if Danika would agree to marry me if I save her?”