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On the way to the elevator, Stephanie kept talking. She was so angry and loud that they didn’t notice that someone was behind them.
“Oh, how I wish I could beat that bastard Eustace up!”
Stephanie felt upset for Danika’s sake, especially when she thought of how Danika got nothing from the divorce.
“Is that so? Why don’t you try it and show me what you’re capable of?” asked a cold voice behind them.
Startled, Danika and Stephanie turned around in disbelief.
What was Eustace doing here?
Their conversation came to a screeching halt. Eustace scrutinized Danika and Stephanie with a harsh gaze, determined to find out what they were talking about. Just then, the elevator arrived, breaking the silence with its chime.
Danika, who was rather quick-witted, hurriedly pulled Stephanie into the elevator. She wanted to escape from him, but Eustace strode into the elevator after them.
“So, tell me, how has she been generous to me? What should she have asked from me?” he asked, his gaze fixed on Stephanie. Despite his light tone, his voice commanded fear.
Guilty, Stephanie gulped. However, thinking about it, she decided that she had said nothing wrong as Eustace had treated Danika wrongly in their marriage.
Just as she was about to speak, Danika stepped forward and said, “Well, Mr. Quincey, after Stephanie found out that I had performed surgery on Miss Lawrence, she felt that I should have asked you for more compensation, which is why she said what she said.”
“Are you saying I gave you too little?” he asked, turning to look at her. His voice carried a threatening tone.
“Of course, you gave me a lot.” Danika shook her head, forced a smile, and added, “It’s my fault for not making it clear to her, which is why she doesn’t know exactly how much you gave me.”
“Is that so?” Eustace stared at Stephanie, finding it hard to believe.
Stephanie caught Danika’s signal. Although she didn’t understand what was happening, she nodded in agreement, “Yes.”
“You want to beat me up just because of that?” Eustace frowned deeply.
Feeling guilty, Stephanie averted her eyes.
“She was just fooling around, so don’t take it to heart,” Danika explained, silently cursing her bad luck for causing Eustace to bump into her when they were gossiping about him.
Ignoring her, he stared at Stephanie for a long time before asking, “Are you Charles Zelliot’s daughter?”
Stephanie nodded, surprised that Eustace recognized her.
“Very well, I’ll remember you,” he said. Right then, the elevator arrived on the first floor, and he exited the elevator.
Stephanie felt her knees turn to jelly. If Danika hadn’t caught her in time, she might have fallen to the ground.
“I’m done for. He wouldn’t seek revenge on my dad’s company just because of this, right?”
Looking at Eustace’s retreating figure, Danika shook her head.
“I don’t think so. He isn’t that childish.”
Sharing the same thought, Stephanie regained her spirits and then asked, “What happened between the both of you? Does he not know who you are?”
During their short interaction in the elevator, Eustace seemed unable to decipher what was going on from their conversation. Therefore, that was the most plausible explanation to Stephanie.
“Yeah, he doesn’t. I haven’t met him since we married, ” Danika replied. “The day after our divorce, he came looking for me, asking me to operate on his lover. Let me tell you, I was completely dumbfounded when that happened.”
“His lover?” Stephanie was immediately invested in the story. “Tell me all the details.”
Immediately, Danika told her everything about Faye’s operation, sighing, “I really hope I won’t meet him again.”
“I don’t think that’ll happen,” Stephanie said with a little too much glee. “Think about it. Why would he appear here of all places?”
Danika fell silent. How did she end up in the same community, in the same apartment, and on the same floor as him? Parrington was a vast city, after all.
Could her luck be any worse?
Stephanie patted her shoulder, smirking, “It must be fate! Maybe it’s a sign that you two will get married again or something. I’m really curious how he would react when he finds out you’re his ex-wife. Oh dear, I’m so tempted to tell him the truth.”
“Don’t you dare!” Danika rolled her eyes at her in exasperation.
…
The next day, Danika went to work as usual. She was scheduled to conduct an operation as soon as the day started, so she was swamped all day. By the time she had completed all the scheduled surgeries, she discovered a dozen missed calls from Stephanie. Feeling somewhat uneasy, she hurriedly gave Stephanie a call.
“Oh my god, just how busy are you?” implored Stephanie as soon as the call connected.
“What happened?” Danika asked.
“That bastard Eustace!” Stephanie yelled, taking a deep breath before continuing. “He called off his business deal with my father’s company.”
That caught Danika by surprise.
“No way…”
“I was just on the phone with my dad, and he’s worried that he has offended Eustace. Little does he know, I’m the one who offended him!”
Stephanie didn’t dare to tell her father the truth for fear of being beaten to death.
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Danika said, “Don’t worry, I’ll head over to your place, and we’ll figure out a solution.”
“Don’t come over. Let’s meet at the entrance of the Quincey Group,” she said.
“The Quincey Group?”
“Duh! I need to apologize to him,” she replied, nearly wailing. “The Quincey Group is my father’s largest customer. If we lose them, my dad’s company might go bankrupt.”
“Okay, I’ll be there right away.”
While Danika didn’t want to meet Eustace, she knew this had started because of her, so she had to do something.
As soon as the call ended, Danika changed, hailed a taxi, and rushed to the Quincey Group to meet Stephanie at the door.
The two entered the building together but were quickly stopped by the receptionist.
“Do you have an appointment?” asked the receptionist.
“No,” Stephanie shook her head, “but I have urgent business with Mr. Quincey. Please help me out.”