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Danika sighed at the thought. Smacking her forehead, she told herself not to think about it.
When Eustace came out of the bathroom, breakfast was ready on the table.
“I’ve prepared breakfast,” Danika announced.
“Breakfast? What’s for breakfast?” Eustace was truly surprised as he didn’t expect Danika to cook.
“Instant noodles,” she replied, leaving him speechless.
“How can we eat instant noodles first thing in the morning?” Eustace murmured before he took the instant noodles away.
“What are you doing?” Danika asked.
Eustace ignored her and went into the kitchen with the instant noodles. After a few moments, he brought them out again. However, they had protein and greens in them now.
Danika couldn’t help laughing. “I didn’t expect you to be so concerned about things like that.”
“Do you think I would do this if I wasn’t worried about your stomach?” Even his grandfather had yet to have the luxury of enjoying a breakfast prepared by Eustace. Danika was the first one.
“Hey, it’s not as bad as you’re making it out to be. I’m fine.”
“Is that so? I wonder who was in so much pain that she couldn’t stand,” Eustace teased.
At a loss for words, Danika couldn’t refute that.
After breakfast, Eustace, who only had a day off that week, couldn’t stay at Danika’s house any longer. After all, he had to attend a meeting at the Quincey Group. “I’ll head off to work first. What are your plans today?” he asked before he left.
As it was Sunday, Danika didn’t have to go to the hospital. “I might go to my office. Since we’re just getting started, things might be busy.” Although Jade was overseeing the projects, Danika couldn’t wait around as she was the head of the company.
“Okay, don’t tire yourself out.”
“Got it,” she muttered, wondering why he was treating her like a child.
Eustace soon left, and Danika cleaned her house before heading to her office.
Meanwhile, in Gilbert’s villa, Zack woke up from his hangover. Rubbing his head in a daze, he asked, ” Where am I?”
“You’re at home. Where else would you be?” Gilbert answered, handing him a glass of water.
Zack accepted it. After he drank it, he asked, “You brought me back?”
“Did you think you walked back here by yourself?” Gilbert asked incredulously, wondering why he was asking dumb questions.
Placing the glass on the table, Zack rolled his eyes at him. “What’s wrong with you? Why are you so irritated?” When Gilbert fell silent, Zack asked, “How did it go with Danika last night? Did you clear things.
up?”
“Yeah.” Gilbert nodded.
“That’s good.” Zack heaved a sigh of relief.
Gilbert didn’t sleep last night as a question kept bothering him all night long. Finally, he made up his mind.
“Zack,” Gilbert called, his voice heavy. “I may have to leave for a while. I believe you’ll take good care of Danika when I’m gone, right?”
Zack froze in his tracks and instantly turned to look at him. “Leave? Where are you going?”
“I need to attend to matters regarding my company’s overseas business. I’m going to investigate them.” Hearing that, Zack rolled his eyes at him. “Oh, a business trip! I thought you were planning to leave for good.”
“There are a lot of things going on over there, so I may not be back so soon,” Gilbert elaborated.
Zack, who was in the middle of sighing in relief, instantly frowned. Studying Gilbert, he realized he was serious. He jerked upright and snarled, “Why are you doing this? You’re trying to escape!” He was not stupid. Since Gilbert suddenly wanted to leave, there was only one reason. Zack assumed it was because he never resolved things with Danika.
“Maybe.” Gilbert didn’t deny it. “If I remain here, I’m afraid I won’t be able to control my feelings for Danika. I just realized that my feelings had already caused her harm, so I decided to leave for a while. Perhaps when I am back, I’ll have completely let go of my feelings for her, and we can let bygones be bygones.” He didn’t want to leave as it meant he couldn’t see Danika for a long time. However, he knew that as long as Danika was within his vicinity, he wouldn’t be able to control his feelings for her.
Zack was about to persuade Gilbert that he didn’t need to do that, that the situation didn’t require such a dire measure. However, he swallowed his words in the end. He sighed and said, “You have already made up your mind, haven’t you?”
“Yeah.” Gilbert nodded, “I’m just worried that bad things will happen to her after I leave.”
“Excuse me? Are you saying that I’m not capable of protecting her?” Zack was rather annoyed as Gilbert’s statement insinuated that he was weak. Although he was indeed a little weaker than his brother, he would never admit it.
Gilbert side-eyed him, saying, “Well, if you’re so mighty and powerful as you claim, how did Eustace manage to buy you over so easily?”
“I don’t know who you’re talking about. What nonsense are you on right now?” Zack immediately retorted, refusing to admit it. Gilbert laughed; he couldn’t be bothered to argue with him, but Zack wasn’t done talking. Looking him in the eyes, he continued, “Danika doesn’t need us to support her. She’s already capable of doing everything by herself, much better than us, I must say.
Gilbert didn’t deny it. Danika had indeed improved so much from how she was in Orchid Village. Although Gilbert always wanted to help her, he couldn’t find a chance to. Even so, he was still worried about her.
“Well, in any case, take good care of her.” Gilbert patted him on the shoulder. He turned around, ready to leave.
It made Zack anxious. “Are you leaving right now?”
“I’m going to the company now since I need to make the necessary arrangements first.” After all, there were many people under his management. They might think he was siphoning money from the company if he left without a word.