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She raised her fist, her meaning clear as day.
Eustace laughed, pretending to cower. “Trust me. I would never dare to do that again.”
They laughed as they bantered. To be exact, Eustace was doing most of the laughing. Meanwhile, Gilbert, who was trailing behind them, found it hard to watch them.
He was so jealous of Eustace because he could openly and fearlessly express his feelings for Danika, whereas he couldn’t show his in the slightest, for fear of her noticing it.
At that moment, Gilbert wished that he was not Danika’s brother. If only he could express his love like Eustace, perhaps he would be with Danika ages ago.
They caught quite a bit of attention in the grocery store. In addition to their dashing and beautiful appearance, they were not unknown members of the public.
Fortunately, the video recorded by the surveillance cameras in the hotel had been uploaded to the Internet, and it clearly showed that Danika had been knocked unconscious and brought into the room. It successfully cleared the suspicion surrounding her.
At the moment, the police were spending their best efforts tracking down the burly men who had brought her to the hotel, and they were convinced that useful findings would arrive soon.
“What would you like to eat, Danika?” Gilbert all but ignored everyone. His gaze was fixed on Danika as if she was the only person in his world.
Danika, on the other hand, didn’t like being stared at. She took out a mask from her bag and put it on, “Well, anything is fine. Anything you cook is great.”
“Well, in that case, I’ll decide what we’ll have for dinner,” Gilbert replied..
Danika nodded in response. Meanwhile, Eustace quietly observed them without voicing his opinion. He didn’t mind that Gilbert didn’t ask him what he wanted to eat as he was well aware that Gilbert didn’t even want to invite him to dinner in the first place.
But did he care? No. That wasn’t enough reason for him to leave them alone.
“Does your arm still hurt?” Danika suddenly turned to look at him, pursing her lips. Her eyes were unreadable.
Eustace shook his head. “It’s alright. Don’t worry about it.”
“Who told you I’m worried? I just don’t want to owe you a favor.” She loathed owing favors, especially those that were difficult to repay. In fact, she wished she had been injured instead of being in debt for a favor.
Eustace revealed a small smile, not taking offense to her words. “Don’t worry. You don’t owe me anything. I did it willingly, so you aren’t in any way indebted to me.”
However, his reply only made Danika feel more indebted. Ultimately, she decided she couldn’t repay the debt through Eustace. Instead, she would visit Old Mr. Quincey someday. Since he was Eustace’s family, treating him well was equivalent to returning Eustace’s favor, right?
Meanwhile, Eustace was unaware of the thoughts going through her head. Suddenly, he frowned as he scanned the surroundings with a sharp gaze. Something was wrong.
“What’s the matter?” Danika sensed Eustace was behaving strangely. However, she found nothing amiss when. she observed her surroundings.
Eustace shook his head. “Someone is watching us, and I don’t think they mean well.”
Danika instantly became wary. After what happened in the morning, she knew many people were easily confused. Even the video the hotel had released was useless to them. Although she had been knocked out and brought into the room, they insisted that wasn’t proof that she didn’t kill Steven.
“Where are you looking at? I don’t see,” Danika asked in a low voice.
Frowning, Eustace replied, “The one in the red shirt on your right, the two people in black behind them, and the two in blue on our left seem a little suspicious.”
Apart from them, there were a few other people that Eustace found suspicious. However, he didn’t want
Danika to be afraid when he wasn’t certain. Hence, he didn’t point them out to her.
He reached for his phone and sent Vincent a message, asking him to bring his men over. Regardless of whether these people had ill intentions, he decided to take them all away to question them. There was no way he would allow the situation from that morning to repeat.
They dared to attack Danika with boiling water in broad daylight. If they became a little bolder and used sulfuric acid, the consequences would be disastrous.
Danika studied the people Eustace pointed out. She didn’t feel as strongly as Eustace did about them. While she could tell they were peeping at her, it wasn’t too obvious, and they were glancing at her at the same frequency others did.
Nevertheless, she didn’t let her guard down. She knew that it was highly likely that there was a real problem if Eustace felt that way.
To their surprise, however, no one did anything. Nothing happened to them all the way home. It made Eustace wonder if he had been overly cautious.
When Gilbert was busy in the kitchen, Eustace received a call from Vincent. Despite the report he received, he was still anxious. After hanging up, he returned to the living room and shook his head at Danika.
Danika breathed a sigh of relief. A lot had happened recently, and she really didn’t want anything bad to happen again.
“Let me help you.” Danika walked into the kitchen and helped Gilbert make dinner.
In the living room, Eustace and Zack, who were not very familiar with each other, were left alone. Although Zack was not as hostile toward Eustace as Gilbert, he wasn’t very nice to him, either. He gave Eustace a look and said, “There’s no point pretending to be courteous. Danika isn’t superficial.”
“Well, you’re right.” Eustace didn’t want to argue with him. After all, he had nothing against Zack. Plus, he was Danika’s brother, so Eustace would be stupid to offend him.
Seeing no reaction from Eustace, Zack was both puzzled and annoyed. “There’s no way we’ll allow Danika to end up with you.”
“I will work hard,” Eustace said calmly.
In the face of his calm demeanor, Zack wondered if Eustace even understood what he was saying.
“I heard that you will be starting your own company soon. How is the preparation going? Do you need help?” Eustace asked suddenly, looking at him with a smile.
Zack immediately refused and replied angrily, “No! Gilbert will help me solve it.”
While he was currently facing a problem, there was no way he could ask Eustace for help. Eustace had wasted two years of Danika’s youth, and Zack thought he was a saint for not beating him up.
“You need to realize that this is not Gilbert’s forte. He only knows about artificial intelligence and doesn’t know much about cyber security in which your company will be specializing,” Eustace said. He was well- versed in the jargon, which made it seem like he was very familiar with what Zack was doing.
Zack understood where he came from, and he was inevitably worried. Feeling a little baffled, he asked, ” What are you trying to say? You want to help me?”
“There are many companies under the Quincey Group. We have quite a formidable information security team, so I can help you a lot more,” Eustace said.
Although Zack was aware of how mighty the Quincey Group was, he didn’t agree immediately. Instead, het gave Eustace a suspicious glance. “What do you want? Are you trying to win me over?”
“Well, it’s not wrong if you put it that way,” Eustace said, chuckling instead of denying it. Zack frowned when. Eustace continued to say, “Anyway, you’re also Danika’s brother. After I remarry her, you’ll be my brother. Since we’re family, surely I’ll help you.”
Zack nodded happily before he caught himself. Something didn’t sit right with him.
“Remarry? Danika wants to remarry you?”
“Sooner or later,” Eustace said softly as if he was afraid Danika would hear him.
He didn’t want to make Danika unhappy after all the progress their relationship had made.
Zack frowned in response. Appearing rather upset, he said, “Don’t even think about it! I don’t care if Danika agrees, but Gilbert and I won’t!”
“But your company…” Eustace pursed his lips and fell silent.