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“Since you’ve already made up your mind, I don’t think anything I say will help anyways. If that’s the case, what else is there to say?” She took a glance at Eustace, returning to her cold self.
Eustace was upset that she returned to her usual cold self. He looked at her as he asked, “Have you decided not to keep up the act anymore just because you think I won’t forgive the Zelliot family?”
“Mr. Eustace, did you know that an illness like Miss Lawrence’s can relapse anytime?” She looked up and maintained eye contact with Eustace. She smirked. After a while, she walked out of the lift. As for Eustace, his expression turned dark right away.
This woman was threatening him!
He hurriedly chased after her. Before he could catch up, Danika had already gotten in a cab and left. Through the car window, Danika saw Eustace’s dull expression. Her initial bad mood became slightly better now. Her phone rang. When she saw it was Stephanie, Danika already predicted what she would say.
“Danika, the Quincey Group has completely ended their collaboration with the Zelliot family!” At the other end of the phone, Stephanie’s voice sounded weak. She even sounded like she was about to cry.
Sure enough, Danika wasn’t surprised that this had happened. After experiencing Eustace’s attitude, she guessed this would be the outcome.
“Danika, my family is going to go bankrupt,” Stephanie said. “I told my father about the incident the other day. Not only did he not blame me, but he also said it wasn’t my fault! Danika, do you think my dad has gone mad? He didn’t even blame me for this.”
She initially thought her father would beat her up, but he didn’t. He didn’t even scold her. This only made her feel even worse. After giving it some thought, Danika finally spoke. “Calm down first. Even if you lose the Quincey Group as a customer, that doesn’t necessarily mean that your family will go bankrupt. Parrington is huge. Quincey Group isn’t the only company here,” she said.
However, Stephanie didn’t have high hopes. “If it were just the end of our collaboration, we would have just lose a customer. Even though it has a big impact, it wouldn’t bankrupt us. But because our collaboration has always been smooth, my dad always keeps stock of the products that Quincey Group needs, and right now, this batch of ready—stock items is the source of all of our floating capital.”
Upon hearing this, Danika now understood the seriousness of this issue. She said to Stephanie, “Give me the details of these products. I’ll ask around and see if any other company will purchase this batch of products.”
“Will other companies want to buy them?” She wasn’t confident.
“No matter what, we still have to give it a try. As long as we have a chance, we can’t give up so easily,” she said to Stephanie.
Maybe because Danika influenced her, Stephanie quickly got rid of all the negative thoughts and pulled herself together.
“You’re right.”
After she hung up the phone, Danika immediately made another phone call.
“Gilbert, I need a favor from you.”
At Parrington Hospital.
Danika had just got off work when she received a call from Gilbert. After finding out that he was waiting at the hospital’s main entrance, she quickly changed and rushed over.
“Gilbert.” When she saw the man leaning against his car not far away from her, she smiled and waved at him.
Soon, she arrived in front of Gilbert, “Gilbert, why did you come here all of a sudden?”
“You wanted my help, didn’t you? I came over once I received the news.” Gilbert flashed a smile at her with affection in his eyes.
Danika was shocked to hear this. “So soon?”
“Yup.”
After he finished speaking, Gilbert handed Danika the document he had prepared earlier.
“This company is interested in purchasing that batch of items from the Zelliot family. You should get them to contact the company.”
“This…” Danika held the document in disbelief. This fast? “Gilbert, you’re way too efficient,” Danika couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise. Gilbert patted her head and said, “You asked me for a favor. Of course I would get it done.”
In fact, ever since he had received that call from Danika, he hadn’t rested. It was all because he wanted to help Danika solve her problem as soon as possible. After all, this was her first time asking for his help throughout all these years.
“That’s true. Gilbert, you’re the best,” she said. “Let’s go. Let me treat you to a meal.” “Sure, I’m going to feast.” Gilbert nodded. The two of them talked and laughed as they got in the car and left. At the restaurant, Danika sent the document to Stephanie. It was only after she reminded her again to contact the company soonest possible that she finally allowed herself to take a breather. “So, you’re saying that because Eustace overheard Stephanie badmouthing him, he decided to stop working with the Zelliot family?” Gilbert asked as he passed her a dish.
Danika nodded. She couldn’t help but rant, “He ended the collaboration the next day. I would never have expected that guy to be so petty.”
However, Gilbert shook his head. He told Danika, “Based on my understanding of Eustace’s character, he’s not such a capricious person. There must be another reason why he decided to stop working with the Zelliot family.”
“It’s Eustace Quincey. A person who built the Quincey Group up to what it is today is definitely not such a wilful and illogical person,” he thought.
Actually, Danika felt the same way too. But the timing of the situation was such that she couldn’t help but think otherwise. “What do you think the actual reason could be?” she asked. She didn’t understand business stuff. Gilbert was silent for a while before he opened his mouth. “Now that he has stopped working with the Zelliot family, he needs to find a new supplier. We’ll find out the reason once we know the new supplier.”
Suddenly, everything clicked. “I’ll get Zack to help me investigate.”
“Alright.” Gilbert nodded.
The two of them chatted while they ate. Just as they were deep in conversation, Danika heard an irritating voice that made her frown subconsciously.
“Dr. Zellweger? Can’t believe I bumped into you here.” Faye was full of smiles. She looked thrilled.
In contrast, Eustace, who was standing hext to her, didn’t seem so happy. With the same dull expression, he looked as if someone owed him a million dollars.
Danika suppressed her annoyance and turned to look at Faye. “Yeah, what a coincidence.”
“Why don’t we share a table? The more, the merrier,” she suggested.
Danika, however, knitted her eyebrows. She was a bit reluctant. “Is that a good idea? I don’t think it’s appropriate to let Mr. Quincey share a table with us.”
“It’s Eustace Quincey, for crying out loud. Shouldn’t he have a private room? How embarrassing would it be for him to sit at the same table as us in the main hall?” she thought.
But Faye didn’t notice Danika’s reluctant attitude. She turned around and asked, “Eustace, what do you think?”
The three of them fixed their gazes on Eustace. Danika prayed that he would refuse since she really didn’t want to sit together and have a meal with this man.
It would totally affect her mood.
“You decide,” he said. That wasn’t the answer Danika wanted to hear.
Danika was speechless.
“Dr. Zellweger, Eustace is fine with it. What about you?” She looked at Danika smilingly.
Danika was super reluctant. She shifted her gaze to Gilbert. “What do you think?”
She kept giving Gilbert hints with her eyes, but instead, he said, “I’m okay with anything.”
“Okay with anything? Gilbert, what are you trying to do?” Danika thought.
Faye and Danika sat next to each other, while Eustace and Gilbert net across them. Eustace was sitting right opposite Danika, no she could see his face every time she looked up. This made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
“Dr. Zellweger, is this your boyfriend? He looks like a great guy. No wonder you didn’t want me to introduce anyone to you.” Staring at the posh-looking Gilbert opposite her, Faye felt slightly jealous. Eustace chuckled and smirked. “Mr. Hawthorn is an upstart from Parrington. Of course he is.” “Mr. Eustace, you flatter me. I still have to work harder to catch up with you,” Gilbert laughed, not giving it much thought. Eustace’s face fell. Was it Gilbert’s goal to surpass him? He chuckled to himself. “You want to surpass Quincey Group? Not in a million years,” he thought. “He’s indeed a good match for Dr. Zellweger,” Faye said, but she couldn’t help but feel slightly bitter.
Hearing them talk, Danika felt speechless. She didn’t hold back with her words. “Miss Lawrence, I don’t need to tell you about my relationship, do I? We aren’t that close anyway.”
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