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Humans always acted with intent. Danika knew Faye had a solid reason to want her abducted, as Faye suspected she was romantically involved with Eustace. But the possibility of Eustace wanting her abducted was close to nil.
He let out a relieved sigh when she said she believed him. “Thank you.”
“Don’t get ahead of yourself. We’re destined to be enemies.” She chuckled, her eyes gleaming with a dangerous look. She said they were enemies because she was sure Eustace would protect Faye.
Eustace’s eyes lost their spark as he came to understand the meaning behind her words. He felt conflicted.” What should I do for you to spare her? I’ll do it as long as it’s within my ability.”
“Hah.” She laughed cynically. “So, are you pleading on her behalf now?”
How rare! It was an almost impossible feat to get Eustace to plead for someone else.
Too bad Danika was not someone to be trifled with. “Sure, I can spare her, but let me do upon her what she has done to me.” She smiled at him, but her eyes were frosty. He fell into silence.
She ignored him and went on, “Since she wanted to hire men to assault me, I shall do the same to her and get even. What do you think?”
“You’re not that kind of person,” he remarked.
“Huh?” She thought she had misheard him. She stood up and walked over to him. “Do you think you know me well?”
He shook his head regretfully. In fact, he didn’t know her at all. He was in the dark about her identity as Dr. Zellweger, and he had no idea she was the last mentee of the great Mr. Birkett. He didn’t even know that she was skilled in martial art.
“But you were right. I can never bring myself to get someone assaulted. Before he could answer, she nodded and spoke to herself. Then, she smiled and changed the topic abruptly. “I think it’s a good idea to send Miss Lawrence behind bars for a few years. I believe she’d love it there.”
After all, the inmates were no less vicious than Faye herself.
He glanced at her. Knowing that she would not spare Faye easily, he shook his head remorsefully. “I’m sorry. I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you.”
“What do you mean?” She furrowed her brows.
“Faye took a flight abroad an hour ago,” he confessed defeatedly, watching as Danika became angrier by the second. He didn’t want their relationship to worsen, but he had to protect Faye.
Fuming, she attacked him out of the blue. “Eustace Quincey, you’re asking for it!”
His eyes flickered, and he dodged her attack swiftly. “Calm down…”
She launched her second attack while he was pleading. This time, she went all out.
“Calm down? How can I calm down?” she thought. The two fought in the cramped living room space, but Eustace was mostly on the defensive instead of attacking her.
Ten minutes later, Danika was visibly exhausted, while Eustace remained calm and composed. Even his hair was in perfect shape. The next minute, she came to a stop and lazily combed through her hair. “Your skills are better than I expected.”
From a young age, she had trained to quickly and aggressively defeat opponents under an expert, and she had been nearly invincible since. Eustace’s excellent combat skills came as a surprise.
“You’re not too bad as well.” He smiled and let out a small sigh of relief after noticing that she didn’t make any move. He got her some water. “Have a drink. Quench your thirst.”
She glared at him before accepting the glass of water. “I’m telling you-this isn’t the end of it.”
“I know.” He nodded and added, “How did you get caught by the three men if you are this skilled?”
Silence ensued. It was a mystery she had not had the time to look into.
“Someone spiked your drink when you went to the restroom during lunch with Stephanie,” he finally revealed.
She raised a brow but was not too surprised because she did have her assumptions. “Miss Lawrence was well-prepared, it seemed. She even got me drugged before the abduction.” She chuckled after realizing that Faye was more meticulous than she had thought.
Eustace shook his head and said, “It wasn’t Faye.”
Her eyes darkened. “It wasn’t her?”
“It’s Dickman-Steven Dickman, the guy who tried to pick you up at an event last time,” Eustace explained, hoping that he could divert Danika’s hatred away from Faye and himself.
She looked taken aback at first but realized it was plausible after all. In their last encounter, she had a hunch that Steven Dickman was a sketchy character, but his boldness was beyond her imagination. She thought, “How dare he drug me.”
Danika wondered if the coincidence was good or bad luck for Faye. Had Danika been taken by Steven’s men, Faye wouldn’t have been implicated. However, it was all thanks to Steven’s men who drugged Danika that Faye’s hires could get their hands on her without much fuss.
“I can take down the Dickmans for you,” Eustace offered in time. He added, “The Dickmans are more difficult than the Lawrences.”
She glanced at him and smirked. “No thanks. You shouldn’t expect me to forgive Faye by telling me about Steven Dickman. Dream on!” Eustace’s motive was apparent to her, and she would never let him get his way.
Eustace flashed her a bitter smile, feeling defeated. Indeed, Faye did something wrong, and he was Faye’s guardian. Danika’s dislike of him was understandable.
He had wanted to say something, but she was one step ahead of him. “Faye has slipped away, and this is on you.”
“Dr. Zellweger…”
“You’d better pray that none of your dark secrets fall into my hands. Otherwise, I’d take care of you along. with Faye,” she warned coldly.
After Eustace was kicked out of Danika’s place, he stared at her door defeatedly. Then, he sighed and left.
In the living room, Danika looked grim as she typed furiously on the keyboard. Soon, all the information about the Dickmans was on the screen, ready for her perusal. She went through the data with a grave expression.
Just like Eustace had said, the Dickmans were at a different level than the Lawrences. It wouldn’t be easy to take them down, but that didn’t mean she would give up.
Whoever wanted to mess with her needed to be ready for her revenge.
At Dickman Villa, Steven made a call to his father again. “Dad, what’s Eustace Quincey up to? How would I have known about his relationship with that woman? Also, I technically didn’t do anything to her.”
Then, he urged his father, “Alright! Go ask him now! If I have to stay at home longer, I’ll go mad!”
After hanging up, he gave it some thought and decided that his father’s promise wasn’t good enough. He made another call.
Not long after, an irritated voice could be heard from the other end. “You’d better be calling me over serious matters!!”
“Yvonne, please come home and save me,” Steven was close to tears when he pleaded to his big sister, looking forlorn and pitiful. Yvonne was initially annoyed to be roused from her slumber, but his tearful voice brought her to her senses. “What’s wrong?”
Steven told her everything and added, “Eustace Quincey has ordered me to stay at home now. That’s basically house arrest!”
“You deserved it!” Yvonne gritted her teeth, feeling disappointed in her little brother. “I’ve warned you not to be a playboy because you’ll get into huge trouble one day. And you never listened!”
“Yvonne…” Steven sounded more pitiful after getting disciplined by her.
“That’s enough. I’ll be back tomorrow. You’d better not get into trouble with him before that,” she reminded Steven. As annoyed as she was with him, she couldn’t stay out of his affairs because they were siblings. Moreover, she was curious about the woman who was the reason behind Eustace Quincey’s rage.
He finally heaved a sigh of relief at her promise. “As long as you ask him not to come after me, I’m sure he’d oblige because of your relationship with him.”
“I’m hanging up.” With that, Yvonne ended the call.