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“You have no choice.” Danika frowned. Her words were the unpleasant truth.
Paul stared at the woman before him and then looked at Eustace. “You can’t control a woman like this.”
“Cut the crap. Let her go.” Eustace couldn’t be bothered with him. He didn’t want to control Danika.
Paul shrugged. “Alright. I’ll let her go for your sake.”
Danika scoffed. If Paul were really doing things for Eustace’s sake, he would’ve let Stephanie go a long time ago. Paul was just afraid of what that document could do, but Danika couldn’t be bothered to expose him. As long as Stephanie was alright, nothing else mattered.
Soon, Stephanie was brought down by a bodyguard. At first, she thought that Paul was calling for her. She didn’t expect to see Danika in the living room and perked up at once. “Danika!”
“Stephanie!” Danika was excited as well. Stephanie looked alright. Although she slimmed down, she was fine.
They embraced each other. Then, Danika guarded her and looked at Paul with a warning gaze. “We got what we came here for. We’ll get out of your hair now. Goodbye.”
She was about to take Stephanie away at orice. She didn’t want to be here for a moment longer. Who knew if Paul would suddenly change his mind?
“Hold up,” Paul said suddenly. Danika’s heart thumped. She felt uneasy.
“What do you want?” She was on her guard. She was afraid that Paul would go back on his word.
Paul was amused by her reaction. “Don’t worry. I already agreed to it. I won’t take back my words. I called you because I wanted to tell you to look out. Who knows. An accident might happen,” he said with a smile, but his words could make anyone’s blood run cold.
She understood what Paul meant. She was holding something that could potentially destroy him. He would never let her off the hook that easily.
The best thing for her to do now was to disappear off the face of the earth. That way, she would have nothing to lose.
Gilbert’s expression was grim. He glared at Paul. “If you touch her, I’ll never let you go until the day I die.”
“Don’t worry. I said nothing about touching her.” He smiled, getting on their nerves.
Gilbert wanted to keep talking, but Danika stopped him. “It’s okay. Let him come at me. If I run into any trouble in the future, I’ll attribute it to him. When that time comes, you’ll send this document out into the world. I believe that Paul will want me to live well now.”
As expected, Paul was incensed. “You…” he pointed at her and gritted his teeth, “You son of a bitch!”
“The feeling is mutual,” Danika retorted.
Stephanie stood behind Danika. She didn’t know what they were saying, but she knew that Danika must have butted heads with Paul to protect her. She felt horrible. She looked at Paul and said, “If you do anything to Danika, I’ll never forgive you!”
Danika brought Stephanie out along with her group of people. They left Paul’s sight quickly. Stephanie’s words and her look of hatred had made a lasting impression.
“They’re all gone. Why are you still here?” Paul looked at Eustace dejectedly after a moment.
Eustace frowned. He could sense that something was off with Paul. “If you like her, just pursue her. You’ll just push her away like this.”
Paul sneered at his words. His slender fingers typed on the keyboard. “I could have any woman I wanted. Why would I pursue her? Someone would think she was a princess.”
“The choice is yours. Don’t come crying to me when you regret this later.” Eustace didn’t have the strength to talk to him anymore and turned to leave.
“Why don’t you worry about yourself? I don’t think Danika is easy to handle,” Paul said cruelly.
Eustace’s face turned dark instantly. He glared at him. “Thanks for the reminder.”
“You’re welcome.” Paul waved at him, an infuriating look on his face.
Eustace left the villa and called Danika at once but was greeted by the soulless robotic voice. Danika had hung up on him.
Eustace panicked.
Without thinking, he drove toward Perry Residence. He had to explain this to her.
Danika didn’t return to her house immediately. She sent Stephanie home safely and instructed her to rest well before going home. When she got there, Eustace had been waiting for two hours. But he didn’t feel tired. He was just worried that Danika would ignore him.
“Danika.” Eustace straightened when he saw her, like a child who had done something wrong.
Danika glanced at him and went straight toward the door. Before she closed it, Eustace squeezed in.
“Danika. I didn’t mean to lie to you,” Eustace said, full of remorse.
Danika took off her shoes and went toward the sofa, saying expressionlessly, “Yeah. You didn’t mean to. You just did it on purpose.”
“Danika, L
“How dare you say you didn’t know Stephanie was in his villa?” Danika cut him off. Eustace was silent, and she grew angrier. “And you dared to say you didn’t mean to do it. Aren’t you just helping him? Thank God that Stephanie is alright. If anything happened to her, you’d be an accomplice.”
She wasn’t just furious because something could have happened to Stephanie. It was partly because of Eustace’s betrayal. She hated being lied to more than anything.
“I’m sorry.” Eustace felt nothing he said would change anything. He didn’t know what to say except that he was sorry.
Danika took a deep breath and willed herself to calm down. “You don’t have to apologize. Paul is your friend. It wasn’t wrong of you to help him.”
*Danika…”
“You don’t need to explain. This was your choice. I have mine, too.” She looked at him with disappointment.
Eustace’s heart sank when he saw the way Danika looked at him. All of a sudden, it was hard to breathe. “I’ll apologize to Stephanie myself.”
“There’s no need.” Danika refused on Stephanie’s behalf. She didn’t think Stephanie would want to hear it.
“Can’t you just give me another chance? I swear that something like this will never happen again.” Even if Paul were involved, he would never lie to Danika again.
Danika looked at him, speaking softly, “I can’t. You had one chance, but it’s gone now.”
When Eustace left the apartment, the sky had turned dark, He walked alone by the road. He didn’t drive, merely walking around aimlessly.
Meanwhile, Danika was not as calm as she had made herself out to be. She lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
When news of the Dickmans’ bankruptcy spread, Danika had just finished performing surgery. She received the message that Gilbert had sent, as well as a copy of the information on the fashion design company she wanted.
She looked through it carefully and changed her clothes, heading straight toward Dickman LLC, though it shouldn’t be called that anymore.
When she arrived, Gilbert and Max were both there. They were arguing over shares, both wanting to have the bigger slice of the pie.
Danika didn’t interfere in their matters. Even if Gilbert was her brother, it was best if she kept a distance from their affairs. But when they saw her coming, they stopped arguing. “Danika, are you sure that you want to succeed that design company? It’s in bad shape and in the red.”