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“It’s okay. It’s still easier than building a new company from scratch.” She didn’t want to waste her time on that, which was why she vied for the one under the Dickmans.
Gilbert didn’t question her anymore. “Alright. I’ll get someone to bring you over.”
“Okay.” She nodded.
Max spoke up, smiling. “I’ll send you there. I happen to be free.”
“You? What are you planning to do?” Gilbert frowned. Even if they were business partners, it didn’t mean he liked Max.
Max wagged his eyebrows at him. “What am I going to do? Relax. I’m not going to bite or anything.” He walked toward Danika. “Let’s go.”
Danika didn’t refuse. It didn’t matter who brought her over. She couldn’t be bothered to care about why Max was being so friendly.
They walked out of Dickman LLC and drove toward the company.
Danika flipped through the documents in the car. Dream Vonne Designs was founded two years ago. They specialized in local luxury items.
Danika frowned as she looked through the documents. First of all, she didn’t like the name. It was obvious that Yvonne had thought of it. Second of all, they claimed to be in the luxury market, but besides the pricing, nothing about the designs or the quality seemed luxurious. It was no wonder they were neck-deep in debt.
She was deep in thought and didn’t notice Max looking at her.
“I hear you and Eustace have fought again,” he couldn’t help saying.
Danika looked up and turned toward him. “Who did you hear that from?”
“You don’t have to know. Just tell me if it’s true.” He didn’t need to hear it from anyone. A simple investigation into what had happened between Paul and Stephanie would tell him everything he needed, especially since he tracked Eustace’s movements everywhere.
Danika eyed him and said coldly. “Why don’t you think about securing your position in the Pearsons instead of concerning yourself with us?”
She had heard that there were some shifts in the Pearson family. A few chairmen were conspiring to make Max step down from his position. How absurd it was that he would have the time to poke his nose into her affairs.
“They’re just a herd of mindless sheep. Why should I be afraid?” Max didn’t care. He had not thought. anything of them at all.
Danika scoffed lightly. “Don’t be so cocky just yet. If you don’t have the Pearsons backing you up and upset those people, they will not let you go so easily.”
“Oh, you’re worried about me? Could this be cheating?” Max teased.
Danika was rendered speechless. She didn’t want to speak with him anymore.
She said nothing. Max, however, didn’t intend to stop just there. “Go on, tell me. What happened between you and Eustace? Are you really not going to give him a chance?”
She was silent.
“You know, I don’t think you should blame him for this. It’s his best friend, after all. Plus, I believe he must have made sure Stephanie was alright, which is why he was in no hurry to tell you. Even if you hadn’t found Paul, Stephanie would have come back safely.”
Danika thought his words made sense. She looked at him and laughed. “Did an alien replace you? You’re backing him up?”
Max treated Eustace like his enemy, but he was not fanning the flames. Conversely, he was taking Eustace’s side. It was very unusual.
Max coughed dryly to ease the awkwardness. “You don’t know my true motives, then.”
“Really? Pray tell.” Danika looked at him with a smile, waiting to see how he’d explain this.
“If you get back together, Eustace will focus all his energy on you. He wouldn’t control Quincey Group as much. And I would be able to seize the opportunity. Besides, you’d be his weak spot. If I had no choice in the future, I’d just take you as a hostage. It’s a better situation for me than before, when he had no weak spots.
His words made sense, but Danika didn’t believe him. Someone like Max wouldn’t think that far. He derived pleasure upfront.
She thought it was weird, but she couldn’t think of the reason. She stared at Max for a few seconds before saying, “I’m not sure how much Eustace had to bribe you for you to say this.”
“Bribe?” Max chuckled. “The bad blood between us can’t be washed away with money.”
So it wasn’t a bribe. Danika couldn’t think of anything else.
Max obviously didn’t want to say, and Danika could not be bothered to ask. At this moment, the car stopped at Dream Vonne Designs. She got out and walked straight in.
Max didn’t leave; he followed behind her. “I’m going to be your bodyguard. No need to thank me.”
Danika rolled her eyes. Who would care?
They walked into the company, but someone at the front counter stopped them. Before Danika could speak, Max said, “Dickman LLC is bankrupt. Your company has been sold. The woman before you is your new boss. Tell everyone in here to have a board meeting.”
“Uh…” The clerk was stunned.
She knew that Dickman LLC was bankrupt, and she was worried about her future. Now that these people said that they were her new boss, she panicked.
“The legal procedures will be carried out shortly. Tell everyone to attend the meeting,” Danika said, not denying Max’s words.
Danika’s voice was not loud, even emotionless, but she sounded trustworthy. The clerk nodded in a daze and went to inform everyone.
Max glanced at her, surprised. “I didn’t think that you’d be so calm. You look just like a boss.”
“Thanks. But compared to you, ! have much to learn.” Danika went inside the building.
Max was pleased. He tagged behind her. “That’s true. But don’t worry. If you run into anything that you can’t solve, you can come to me for help. I promise to help in whichever way I can.”
Danika ignored him and didn’t tell him that she and her brothers were taught together when they were little. Managing a company was no problem for her at all.
When Danika walked into the meeting room, most of the people were already in there. When they saw her walking in, they were all nervous. They didn’t know what to expect.
Danika sat at the end of the table and looked at the clerk next to her. “Is everyone here?”
“Yes. Most of them are here,” the clerk replied.
“Most of them?” Danika raised her eyebrows.
The clerk couldn’t help panicking when Danika looked at her like that. “A few designers aren’t here yet. They said…they said…”
“Said what?” Danika asked. She didn’t expect things to go smoothly on her first day, so she wasn’t surprised by this.
“They said that even if you’re their boss, they won’t take orders from you because they’re the pillars of the company,” the clerk said in a soft voice, afraid Danika would be mad. She didn’t know why she was so afraid of Danika when she looked so friendly. She felt there was an air about her that screamed confidence.
“The pillars of the company?” Danika was amused. If they were that important, the company wouldn’t have been so much in debt. “Fire them all,” she said calmly, with no hesitation. She was very calm, but everyone else looked horrified.
Fired, just like that? Those were the designers. Who’d be doing the designs in the future?