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In the car, Marigold held tightly onto the steering wheel, Yvonne’s instruction playing in her mind. She was told to teach Danika a lesson via a bad scare so that Danika would learn not to mess with her.
With the decision in mind, Marigold stepped on the accelerator and drove the car in Danika’s direction. Danika was unaware of the speeding car, but the other pedestrians tried to warn her from afar. “Hey! Look out!”
The scream attracted her attention, and she turned around to see the car rushing in her direction. Through the windshield, she saw Marigold in the driver’s seat.
Danika’s first reaction was disbelief. Instead of running away, she stood there thinking that Marigold must have gone mad. The car moved closer, targeting her, and she had no chance to escape.
Marigold was gleeful when she saw the frown on Danika’s face. She thought, “Now, is that enough of a lesson?”
Just when the car was about to crash into Danika, Marigold thought it was time to bring it down a notch, and she stepped on the brakes to bring the car to a halt. To her shock, she realized that the car didn’t stop even after she stepped on the brakes, which plunged her into a panic.
“What’s wrong? Why is the brake not working?” she screamed frantically while stomping on the brakes. Then, she growled at Danika helplessly, “Step out of the way!”
Danika saw her lips moving but couldn’t hear a thing. From her perspective, Marigold must have been cursing.
There was a loud crash that attracted terrified stares from the pedestrians. Those worried about Danika went up to help, only to find her standing there unharmed. Instead, two cars had crashed into each other in front of her.
“Eustace Quincey!” she exclaimed in her head when she spotted his car. Her heart thumped wildly as she hurried in his direction. Fear and panic ran through her body. At that moment, she realized she cared a lot about his safety
Eustace lost consciousness in the driver’s seat. The huge impact led to the release of the airbag, which protected his head from the crash. Still, he was bleeding from injuries caused by the falling shards of glass.
“Eustace!” Danika wanted to open the door to save him but found out that the door was jammed from the accident. Panicking, she turned to the crowd and yelled, “Help!”
Someone stepped up in time to help her open the car door and pull Eustace out. Thankfully, he was sent to the emergency room immediately because the hospital was nearby.
“Someone’s in here!” a pedestrian yelled. Danika looked across and noticed that Marigold was stuck in the car. Upon closer inspection, she realized Marigold had lost consciousness from the huge impact of the collision, just like Eustace.
“Please help me pull her out,” Danika told the crowd around her. Even though she had been Marigold’s target not long ago, she couldn’t possibly leave Marigold’s life in danger.
Marigold was sent to the emergency room after Eustace. At the same time, Danika changed into her scrub and dived right into saving lives. Meanwhile, Eustace’s operation wrapped up successfully. Since he only suffered from a temporary concussion, the doctor didn’t expect any complications. In contrast, Marigold seemed to be in a worse condition. As the best neurosurgeon in Parrington, Danika had to jump in to help.
Eustace woke up at the same time as Danika completed her operation on Marigold. His first instinct was to search for Danika, and he panicked when he failed to find her. “Where’s Danika?” He gave Vincent a serious stare.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Quincey. Miss Zellweger’s fine. She’s in the emergency room,” Vincent answered, feeling secretly proud of Eustace, who had risked his life for Danika. Without much thinking, Eustace misunderstood the meaning behind Vincent’s words and jumped out of bed in grave concern, worried that Danika was being operated on.
“Emergency room? Is she hurt?” Then, he headed out of the room. Just as he was about to turn the knob, Danika pushed the door open and walked in.
She was taken aback when she found him standing there. “Why are you up? Didn’t the doctor tell you to rest for the time being?” Although he had only suffered some concussion and external injuries, he still needed to recuperate.
He didn’t answer. Only when he confirmed that Danika was safe that he feel relieved.
“I told him you were in the emergency room, and he instantly thought you were operated on. He didn’t know that you were operating on others.” Vincent burst out laughing, thinking Eustace could be quite funny at times. However, Eustace quickly rolled his eyes at Vincent. “Oh, shut up!”
“…”
“Get out!”
Vincent had wanted to explain himself but wasn’t given a chance. Eustace waved at him, signaling him to disappear from the room. Danika and Eustace watched as Vincent sensibly left the room.
After Vincent was gone, Eustace finally gave Danika an embarrassed look. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine.” She shook her head and stared at him with conflicted feelings. Before getting into the accident, she told Stephanie that she wasn’t into Eustace and had no feelings for him. But…
She found out that she was worried about Eustace’s safety. The moment she saw him risking his life and driving into Marigold’s car, even her frozen heart started throbbing.
The two stood there without speaking. Silence hung heavily in the air for a few minutes until she noticed that he was getting wobbly. She quickly held him. “Go back to your bed. Don’t do strenuous exercises for at least a few days. It’s best that you rest in bed.”
“Sure. I’ll listen to you.” He went back to bed with her help with a jubilant expression. Clueless, she thought him weird for looking so cheerful and excited despite his injuries.
“Weren’t you on your way to the Quincey Group office? Why did you drive past the hospital?” she asked as she wondered about the reason behind his timely appearance.
Leaning against the headboard, Eustace said in defeat, “I just wanted to see that you arrived at the hospital safely. That’s why I followed you. I never thought that…”
He didn’t immediately notice Marigold’s car. It wasn’t until Marigold was close to crashing into Danika that he realized something was off. Without hesitation, he drove into Marigold’s car to stop it from crashing into Danika.
“Don’t tell me you’ve always followed me to work?” She stared at him, dumbfounded. He nodded and did not deny it. Flustered and helpless, she sighed. “You don’t have to do this for me. Frankly speaking, we don’t have a relationship with each other. If something bad happens to you in a situation like today’s, it will not bring you any benefit.”
“You can run your little cost-and-benefit analysis because you aren’t into me. But I love you. These considerations don’t occur to me.” He didn’t have time to think twice in that urgent situation anyway.
She wanted to hide from his scorchingly passionate gaze. “If you know I’m not into you, why would you waste your time on me? It’s out of character for you, Mr. Quincey.”
“I’m confident in myself. One day, you’ll fall for me.” He flashed her a confident smile. She wondered how he could be this confident. One thing was for sure-she seemed to have felt something for him. Still, she didn’t express her feeling because she was unsure if it was love.
“Get some rest.” With that, she stood up to leave. She needed some alone time, but he didn’t want her to leave. “Won’t you stay by my side for a while longer?”
“You need good rest. I’ll only distract you from resting.” She was already standing at the opened door and staring at the man in the bed. A while later, she blurted out, “Don’t do this again. Nothing’s more important than your life.” Plus, she didn’t want to owe him anything, even though she had already owed him enough at this point.
“You,” Eustace said, looking straight at her. She was confused by his reply. He explained, “You’re more important than my life.”