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“Miss Jade?” Max frowned. “That’s like calling you my elementary school teacher.”
Jade chuckled. Danika was about to speak, but then another figure appeared. She looked up and saw Eustace.
Eustace was feeling a tirade of emotions. He noticed that Danika had stopped talking and thought she didn’t want to see him. Apologetically, he said, “Sorry. I’ll take him away at once. Sorry to have bothered you.”
“Don’t be so anxious to leave. I haven’t eaten anything yet.” Max didn’t want to leave. It was rare for him to find someone who could be on the same wavelength as him. It’d be a shame if he left.
Eustace’s face darkened. He glared at Max. “Are you leaving or not? Don’t make me punch you.” He could control himself in front of Danika, but he had a limit.
*Eustace Quincey!” Max thought Eustace simply wanted to antagonize him, but now, he was clearly trying to ruin his shot at happiness.
Just before Eustace was about to strike, Jade said, “Since you’re Danika’s friend, you may sit down with us. What do you think, Danika?”
Danika had no choice but to nod under Jade’s gaze. “Yeah. They can sit.”
“Sit down, please. I’ll get the waiters to bring us some more food.” Jade nodded at Eustace and beckoned for a waiter to come over.
Truthfully, she wasn’t that generous. She merely saw that Danika and Eustace had a long history and wanted to know more about it. After all, it was about Danika’s happiness. The entire village took that very seriously.
Eustace was embarrassed, but he didn’t refuse. He wanted to have a meal with Danika, too, so that she could forgive him.
The meal was now amongst four people. The atmosphere instantly changed, but of course, with a chatterbox like Max around, it wasn’t quiet. Only Danika and Eustace stayed silent, while Max and Jade got along well.
“Why are you so aloof, Eustace? Aren’t you going to explain yourself to Danika now that she’s here?” Max couldn’t take it anymore. He’d even spoken on his behalf, and here he was, not making a single peep.
Eustace glared at him. Max needed to learn to shut his trap.
Jade smiled, asking, “Explain what? He and Danika…”
“Don’t you know?” Max was surprised. He thought Danika and Jade were very close, so she should know everything.
Jade shook her head. They were close in the village, but after Danika left, they talked less. Danika didn’t tell her much about the things that happened in the city.
“You probably know about Danika’s divorce, don’t you?” Max asked.
Jade nodded. She’d heard the villagers talk about this.
“Well, this person right before your eyes is her ex-husband.” Max pointed at him.
Eustace was pursing his lips. He wished the floor would swallow him whole. Max had introduced them as if this was something to be proud of, and Eustace was rendered speechless.
Ex-husband?
Jade began looking at Eustace differently. No wonder she thought something was off between Eustace and
Danika.
“Hello, Miss Jade,” Eustace said exasperatedly.
Jade didn’t smile at him. “Don’t call me that,” she sneered. “We’re not close.”
She didn’t know much about Danika’s marriage, but she knew a little bit, at least. She knew that Eustace hadn’t even visited Danika once in their marriage. It had angered not only her, but also the entire village.
Eustace saw the murderous gaze she was wearing, and his heart sank. He said grimly, “I was wrong. I didn’t. cherish Danika. But now I know what I did wrong, so I wish to make up for it. I hope that she’ll give me another chance.”
However, Jade wasn’t moved by his speech. In fact, she was a little angry. “What do you take her for? Do you think she owes you a chance just because you’re ashamed?”
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“The Quinceys of Parrington. I’ve heard of you. Your family is great, but your character is nothing much to talk about.” Jade was not holding herself back. She didn’t care that the person before her was Eustace Quincey, whom no one in Parrington dared to upset.
Eustace’s face shifted, and his lips parted, but he said nothing.
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Jade, however, was not going to let things rest. She glared at him and said haughtily, “Maybe you that Danika is just a village girl and she’s not worthy of you. But I think that Danika is the best woman in the world. Since you couldn’t cherish her, you should just disappear.”
Jade knew that Danika was worthy of Eustace, but he was the one who wasn’t worthy of her. She lived in the village and knew of Danika’s multiple identities. Although she wasn’t sure what they were, she knew that Danika was an interesting woman.
“It’s alright, Jade. You don’t need to waste your breath.” Danika couldn’t describe what she was feeling. She’d heard everything that Jade said and seen the quietened Eustace. However, she found that she wasn’t as happy as she thought she would be.
Jade looked at her, upset. “Why? Are you feeling upset on his behalf?”
“I’m not.” Danika was exasperated. Why would she be upset?
“Jade, your observation is on point. Danika is just sympathetic. Don’t believe her when she says she feels nothing. Deep down, she likes Eustace.” Max was speaking up for Eustace, and he even batted his eyelashes. Surely Eustace was moved that he was standing up for him instead of fanning the flames.
However, Eustace rolled his eyes and said nothing.
Jade glared at him. “You will call me Miss Jade.”
“Alright, alright, Miss Jade.” Max didn’t argue. It didn’t matter to him, as long as he could make her happy.
Soon after, the waiter served them their food, and they started eating. Eustace and Danika didn’t have much of an appetite, so they only ate a little.
It was a hard meal to digest.
The four of them stood on the sidewalk. Jade looked at Eustace and said unpleasantly, “Drive her home safely. If anything happens to her, I’ll never let you go.”
Eustace was stunned. He couldn’t quite believe his ears.
Danika was surprised, too. She asked, “Where are you going. Jade?”
“Miss Jade agreed to go to the bar with me. You can sit in Eustace’s car. Bye!” Max answered for Jade. He ushered her toward his car, leaving behind the dazed Danika and Eustace.
Melodious music filled Max’s car.
“Eustace doesn’t seem as scary as those people make him out to be.” Jade was scrolling through her phone, reading up about him.
“Don’t be fooled by his appearance,” Max replied. “He’s only honest with Danika around. In reality, his schemes run deep.”
The Quinceys wouldn’t have ben as prosperous as if Eustace hadn’t been capable.
“You stood up for him, but now you’re talking behind his back. Are you helping him out or not?” Jade put her phone away and looked at Max.