Chapter 101 – The Regretful Billionaire: An Unpredicted Reunion

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He leaned back, moving his head out of her sight.

“Don’t move-” Danika said, but she noticed Eustace’s strange smile. Finally, she realized what was going on. You tricked me!”

“No, I really did have a bit of a headache, but it wasn’t serious.” He shook his head, too afraid to admit the truth.

Danika didn’t believe him one bit. She shot him a glare and was about to turn around and leave when Eustace grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms, saying, “Don’t leave. If you leave, my head will hurt even more.”

“You’re so shameless!” Danika said through gritted teeth, trying to break free from his strong embrace. As soon as she struggled, Eustace complained that his arm hurt. Danika was frustrated, but she didn’t dare to move. After all, Eustace’s arm was still in a cast. Trapped in his arms, she felt both anxious and angry. “Let me go.”

“No.” Not only did he not let go, but he also tightened his hug. “I’m afraid that once I let go, you will disappear.”

“Eustace…”

“Danika,” he interrupted her. “Do you know how I panicked when I learned that you were buried underground? I was afraid that I would never see you again.”

For once, Danika was silent. She even stopped struggling.

“I hated myself for not arriving sooner. I could’ve been by your side earlier, but I was so tied up by my company’s trivial matters that I almost never saw you again.”

His sincerity touched her a little. “It’s not that serious,” she said.

Smiling wryly, Eustace replied, “It may be that way to you. After all, you never cared about my feelings.”

Danika wanted to deny it. However, she couldn’t bring herself to as it was true. Eustace continued to talk, and Danika was starting to nod off, her mind taking in fewer and fewer of his words. For the past few days, she hardly rested and rarely had the chance to sleep. Soon, fatigue overcame her. Before she realized it, she was asleep.

When Eustace was done speaking his thoughts, he turned to her. However, the person in his arms was sound asleep. At that moment, Eustace felt a strong urge to fling her to the ground.

“What a heartless woman,” he muttered. Although he was a little exasperated, he couldn’t bear to wake her up. After all, it was a rare sight to see Danika lying quietly in his arms, and Eustace wished that time would stop so that she would sleep in his arms a little longer.

Meanwhile, Vincent stood outside the door. There was no way he would enter if Danika was there. He could already imagine the death glare from Eustace if he did.

When Justin and Lilian came looking for Danika, Vincent stopped them in time. “Hey, kids, let’s not disturb them.”

“Why? Are they exchanging secrets?” the kids asked because they knew secrets were not meant to be shared.

After a moment of thought, Vincent nodded. “Why yes, they’re exchanging secrets, so we can’t go in and disturb them.”

With that, the kids nodded naively and waited outside with Vincent. Little did they know they would end up waiting for an entire night.

Danika woke up on Eustace’s hospital bed the next day. A little dazed, she asked, “Why am I sleeping here?”

“What do you think?” Eustace’s voice sounded in her ears.

She was so startled that she immediately sat up straight on the bed and turned to look at him. “Why are you here?” she asked.

“This is my hospital bed,” Eustace reminded her.

An unnatural expression flashed across her face as soon as she recalled what had happened last night. This is all your fault,” she said. If Eustace hadn’t hugged her to prevent her from leaving, she wouldn’t have fallen asleep and slept there through the night.

Eustace didn’t bother arguing with her. Instead, he got out of bed and said, “Let’s have breakfast. After that, we’ll head back to Parrington.”

“That fast?” Danika was stunned. She got up from bed and said, “I haven’t asked Justin and Lilian what they think yet.”

“Well, it wouldn’t be too late if you asked them after breakfast,” Eustace replied.

However, Danika ignored him and marched out of the tent after getting up, quickly disappearing from his sight. When Danika left the tent, she spotted Justin, Lilian, and Vincent outside.

“Miss Zellweger.” Vincent greeted her with a smile. However, his smile was a little different from usual.

Danika was in a hurry to ask Justin whether they would go to Parrington with her, so she didn’t pay much attention to Vincent’s strange behavior. After nodding at him, she looked at Justin and said, “I have something to discuss with you two. Come with me.”

“Okay.” The two kids followed Danika to her tent without question.

After they left, Vincent waited for a while before entering Eustace’s tent. “Mr. Quincey, the plane is ready. We can fly back to Parrington at any time.”

“Okay.” Eustace nodded, then instructed, “Bring her breakfast to her.”

“Yes, sir.” Vincent knew who he was referring to without Eustace naming the person. Being the gossip he was, he became curious when he noticed Eustace’s in a good mood and figured that he must have made great progress with Danika. “Mr. Quincey, have you finally gotten through to Miss Zellweger?” he asked curiously.

Eustace turned to look at him with a small smile. “Aren’t you curious?”

“Well,” Vincent began, forcing himself to laugh, “I just care about you.”

“Oh, you’re really a good assistant.” Eustace grinned, pretending he couldn’t see how Vincent was burning with curiosity.

Vincent smiled in response, but he didn’t dare to ask again. Nonetheless, he figured that there was no need to ask. After all, given how Eustace wasn’t angry, the chances were very high. He left the tent, leaving Eustace alone.

Eustace couldn’t help thinking. Had he finally gotten through to her? Unsure, he shook his head.

Danika, on the other hand, was telling Justin and Lilian about the pros and cons of going to Parrington. Although they were still young, they still had the right to know.

After she was done talking, the two kids were silent for a while. Justin was deep in thought, while Lilian looked rather confused. It seerned that she didn’t quite understand what Danika meant.

“Danika, if I go to the Parrington, will there be delicious food? Will it be fun?” Lilian asked curiously. For her, food and fun were more important.

Danika gave it some thought and nodded. “Of course.

One of the prerequisites of adopting them was having a stable financial background, so it would be no problem for Lilian to eat and play.

“Then I’ll go,” Lilian said immediately, nodding and smiling.

Meanwhile, Justin was still silent. Although he was only five years old, he was frowning like an adult. While Danika found it amusing, it was a heart-wrenching sight. Why would a five-year-old child need to consider so many things?

“Justin, have you decided?” Danika looked at him, waiting for his answer.

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