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Because of her divorce from Eustace, she’d already been labeled as Eustace’s ex-wife. If she was with him now, she would become Eustace’s girlfriend instead. She didn’t want that.
“So, you don’t want to make it public?” Eustace looked at her, feeling an indescribable emotion in his heart. He wasn’t sure what that feeling was, but it made him a little upset.
Danika looked apologetic and hurriedly explained, “Don’t get me wrong. I just think that there’s no need to let everyone know that we’re dating, especially at that kind of event. If I make it public, everyone will probably think I established La Vie Jen Rose Designs with your help.”
Although they were boyfriend and girlfriend, she still felt that some things needed to be kept separate.
What she said made sense. Eustace didn’t really intend to make their relationship public at that event in the first place. Although he understood the situation, he couldn’t help but feel downhearted when he heard Danika’s words.
He forced a smile and shook his head. “It’s okay, I understand.”
“Are you…upset?” Danika looked at him and could clearly feel the change in his demeanor.
Eustace looked up at her. “Don’t worry. I’m not that petty.”
“Oh, that’s good.” Danika breathed a sigh of relief and continued to eat her oatmeal, not saying anything further.
Eustace looked at her and shook his head helplessly. When it came to Danika’s matters, he could only let her do as she wished.
After breakfast, the two of them got busy with their own work. They usually only contacted each other in the evening when they finished work. Danika felt that this was a good arrangement. She could focus on her work when she was busy and not think about work when they were together.
Today, she didn’t have any surgeries. After finishing her ward rounds in the morning, she had some free time to read through some materials and occasionally browse the internet in her office.
Surprisingly, she saw some good news that made her happy.
Danika didn’t contact Simone again or follow up with what she was doing after she’d talked to her and given her the materials. However, it seemed that Simone was indeed a capable person.
As Simone’s shares exceeded 5%, a stock exchange announcement was made. Now, everyone knew about the changes in the internal shareholding of Bloom Conglomerate. This inevitably stirred up lots of rumors and discussions.
Simone, someone who’d never been on any radar before, suddenly appeared and held so many. shares. Anyone would be curious about where she came from. Even more surprising was that Simone almost simultaneously accepted an interview and publicly acknowledged her identity as the eldest daughter of the Bloom family.
When the reporter asked if she had any thoughts on becoming the heir of Bloom Conglomerate, Simone just smiled and didn’t answer. However, her smile gave people room for endless speculation.
Danika didn’t expect Simone to be so efficient. Simone had only received the information a few days ago, and she was already taking action. It seemed like Danika had made the right decision to seek Simone’s help.
She didn’t care where Simone got the money to buy the shares of Bloom Conglomerate. Simone might have been planning this move for a long time; she was just waiting for the right opportunity. Danika going to her coincidentally gave her the opportunity to set her plan in motion.
As Danika was thinking about it, her phone rang. When she saw Simone’s name on the screen, she couldn’t help but smile. Simone went straight to the point without exchanging pleasantries and asked if Danika had seen the news. Danika confirmed that she had.
“What do you need me to do?” Danika asked.
“I need you to help me investigate a senior executive of Bloom Conglomerate. I want to get rid of this guy, but I don’t have any leads to work on.” Based on the information Danika had given her, Simone knew that Danika was particularly skilled at investigating people. She wouldn’t be disappointed if she asked her to help.
Danika had expected Simone would ask for her help. “Okay, give me the name.”
“Alright.” Simone nodded, then smiled and said, “This time, it’s all because of you that I’ve completely broken ties with Bloom Conglomerate. If you don’t help me, I’m not the only one who’ll be done for.”
Her words carried a hint of a threat, but Danika didn’t care. “Don’t worry, Miss Bloom. You’re so capable. Taking over the Bloom family won’t be a problem for you.”
Judging from Simone’s recent actions, it was clear she was ambitious. A woman like her was bound to succeed, and her success was imminent as her opponent was Sam.
Upon hanging up, Simone sent the man’s name to Danika. Without delay, she began her investigation. In this day and age, it was impossible for anyone to leave no digital footprint at all. Even if someone in their seventies or eighties didn’t leave a trace, their children would. Danika was confident she could find something useful if she could detect even one small trace of that person.
The man Simone wanted Danika to investigate was in his thirties and had risen to a senior position at Bloom Conglomerate at a young age, which indicated that he was capable. However, that was not all that he had. Danika soon found evidence that he was living beyond his means.
Seeing his extravagant postings on the Internet, Danika knew there was something off about this man. His salary as a senior executive at Bloom Conglomerate was fairly substantial, but not to the extent of affording a Rolls-Royce Phantom. On top of that, he had luxury cars, a yacht, expensive designer bags, and watches. He could be mistaken for a rich heir if one didn’t know better.
Danika sent Simone the information she’d found, confident she could use it to uncover the trail of the man’s illicit income. With that done, Danika left her office and went to the cafeteria for lunch. Just as she stepped out of her office, she saw Christopher walking toward her. She was speechless at her predicament.
“Danika, you haven’t had lunch yet, have you? Let me treat you.” He smiled as if he’d never been rejected by Danika before.
Danika couldn’t understand why he was so persistent. What on earth did he want from her?
“Christopher, haven’t I made it clear enough for you? Or have I given you the wrong impression somehow?” Her expression was cold as ice, not giving him any room to misunderstand.
Christopher seemed oblivious to Danika’s displeasure. He was still grinning as he said, “No, no. You expressed yourself very clearly, and I heard you loud and clear.”
“In that case, why are you still approaching me?” Danika asked, really not understanding what was going on in his mind.
“You have the right to reject me, but I have the right to continue liking you. You have no control over my heart,” Christopher said, smiling and looking as if he was determined to keep liking her no matter what.
Danika was at a loss for words. She suddenly felt a headache coming and stepped aside to distance herself from Christopher. “Do whatever you want.” She didn’t know what else to say. Feeling that it was a waste of time to say anything, she chose to ignore him.
“That’s more like it.” Christopher grinned and followed her, clearly having no intention of leaving.
Danika walked to the cafeteria with Christopher still trailing behind her. She asked, “Are you planning to eat with me in the cafeteria?”
“Why not? I’ve never eaten in a hospital cafeteria before. It’s good to try new things,” he said, still smiling and unwilling to leave.
Danika had no choice but to let him be. He hadn’t done anything wrong, so she couldn’t call security to throw him out. Soon, she bought her food and sat down to eat. Christopher sat across from her with his own tray.
Danika ignored him and didn’t even spare him a glance. She focused on finishing her own food. Christopher had a smile plastered to his face, but to be honest, he was a little dismayed. When had he, the distinguished heir of the Spade family, ever suffered such rejection? However, thinking about how he could make the Spade family one of the top ten families in Bardoff City, he felt that this was a test from God. He might as well give up if he couldn’t bear this hardship. After sorting out his thoughts, his smile became even brighter, and his crow’s feet became even more pronounced.
Danika didn’t want to deal with him. But when someone sat across from you and kept smiling at you, it was difficult to treat them like they didn’t exist and keep eating. Taking a deep breath, she looked up at Christopher. “Can you tell me what you find attractive about me?”
“Everything about you attracts me. You don’t even know how charming you are,” Christopher replied, looking at her unabashedly.
When he said that, goosebumps appeared on Danika’s arms. She almost couldn’t hold herself back from hitting him with her tray. With a stern face, she said, “Can you be honest with me? What is your actual intention?”
Hearing her ask this, Christopher smiled and said seriously, “If you really want to know, you can consider marrying me. Then I can tell you.”
“Ridiculous!” Danika rolled her eyes at him and left.
As she walked away, Ghristopher could only smile helplessly. He wanted to give Danika an answer, but he had no idea himself! His grandfather insisted that he had to pursue Danika before he would tell him anything; otherwise, it would be meaningless. So, he could only pursue Danika first.
The feeling of not knowing the truth and being looked down upon by others was hard to stomach. Thinking about it, he took a bite of his food and spat it out the next second.
“Fuck! What is this thing? It’s so disgusting!”
His voice was quite loud, instantly attracting the attention of the people around him. They all looked at him with unfriendly expressions.
Was it really that bad? How come they didn’t think so?
Christopher pursed his lips and didn’t say anything. He didn’t continue eating but got up and left the cafeteria. He decided that he should get better food elsewhere.