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Danika walked up to them and whacked Eustace on the arm. “Let her go. Do you honestly want to take her life?”
“Danika, Felicity and I…”
“I know. Did you think I’d be dumb enough to believe her?” Danika couldn’t understand why Eustace was so fearful. Was there really no trust to be had between them?
Eustace let go of Felicity, a mixture of emotions flashing through his eyes. “So you believe me, don’t you?”
“Yes.” Danika nodded and said, “I think we should trust each other more. You can’t keep thinking that I’ll misunderstand. I’m not that stupid.” She knew of Felicity’s scheme full well, so she didn’t think what had happened just now had anything to do with Eustace. Besides, she was pretty sure Eustace would not fall in love with Felicity.
Eustace sighed. “I was too afraid.”
“Why don’t you get some rest? I’ll handle this.” Danika dragged Felicity up and into her house.
The door closed shut, and Eustace stood rooted in his spot, feeling flustered. What was happening to him? He had no reason to be this rash. Danika was smart; she wouldn’t pin the blame on him so easily. He concluded that he was just too afraid of losing her.
In the living room, Danika watched Felicity, who was frightened out of her wits. She laughed. ”
What? Are you so easily afraid? I thought you were a tough cookie.”
“Eustace is a beast!” Felicity curled up on the sofa. She shook every time she thought of Eustace’s fearsome face.
Danika sat next to her and said gently, “Well, you shouldn’t chase after him anymore. You two would never work out.”
Felicity seemed to come back to her senses a little. “You’re probably delighted, aren’t you? You must be glad.”
“What is there for me to be happy about?” Danika was exasperated. She couldn’t figure out Felicity’s thought process.
“Now that he and I will never happen, you’ll get a chance to get together with him. Aren’t you happy?” Felicity was upset, but she couldn’t muster up the courage to continue pestering Eustace. She was afraid that she would lose her life one day.
Danika felt the need to clarify something with Felicity. “Do you perhaps have a twisted perception of yourself? Do you think Eustace would fall in love with you if I were out of the picture?”
Where did her narcissism come from? All the rich and beautiful girls in Parrington couldn’t catch Eustace’s eye. Why would he be infatuated with Felicity? Did she think she was a goddess?
“How would you know?” Felicity refused to admit that she lacked charisma.
Danika decided not to argue with her. There was no point gobbling with turkeys. “Move to the dorms tomorrow. I don’t want to see you when I come home.” Danika entered her bedroom and slammed the door shut.
Felicity jumped out of her skin and cried pitifully. She whipped out her phone and called her mother. “Mom, they’re all picking on me…”
In La Vie Jen Rose, Danika came early in the morning to try on the altered clothes. She smiled once she put them on.
“It’s good. Much better than before.” At least it would work on different body types now.
Jade nodded in satisfaction. “Yes. It looks much better.”
“Begin production and contact the advertising companies. Get celebrities to endorse it. We must make it phenomenal.” They couldn’t say for sure if shoppers would like it, but the marketing had to be done. Only time would tell. No one would know about La Vie Jen Rose if they didn’t advertise it.
“Don’t worry. Leave it up to me,” Jade said.
Danika smiled. “You have lots of experience. I’ll be handing this over to you.”
“That’s no problem at all.” Jade was happy to have Danika’s trust. She hadn’t been part of the fashion industry for a while. It was time to see if she could keep up with modern trends.
They talked for a bit, and then Danika got up to rush to the hospital. She had a surgery appointment in the afternoon. She couldn’t delay it.
In Quincey Group, Eustace looked at the information that Vincent had sent him about Christopher and frowned. There was nothing to learn from the document. Nothing on it indicated why he would be so interested in Danika.
“Keep the investigation open. Get Paul to help, too,” Eustace ordered, closing the file.
Vincent nodded and said awkwardly, “Mr. Wagner…has not been in a good mood lately.”
Eustace’s frown deepened. Was Paul still hung up on Stephanie?
“I’ll see him.” Eustace had no choice. Paul was his friend. He couldn’t leave him alone.
It was night by the time Danika was done with her surgeries, and she received a call from Eustace.
“Vincent is coming to fetch you,” he said.
“Where to?” Danika asked. She wanted to see if Felicity had moved out.
She could hear noise on the other end, but it died down quickly. He had probably gone to a quiet place to talk to her.
“Paul is upset about Stephanie. I’m planning to get some people together to drink. It might help him,” he said.
At the mention of Paul, Danika frowned. “I’m not going, but you can.”
“Please don’t. They all have their girlfriends with them. Are you going to let me be alone?” Eustace looked at the women around him. Some were not really girlfriends, but they were at least accompanying someone. Even Paul had two escorts with him. Although they did nothing except pour him wine, he at least did not look lonely.
But Eustace…
He was all by himself from the start. It was getting dull.
Eustace was already waiting at the door when Danika arrived at the bar.
“I knew you wouldn’t have the heart to leave me here alone.” He smiled, walking toward her. He took Danika’s bag and led her inside.
“Don’t be so presumptuous. I’m here to keep an eye on you so that you won’t go behind my back.” Danika followed Eustace as they made their way to the second floor.
Eustace wasn’t angry at her remark. Instead, he nodded in agreement. “That’s good. I do need someone to keep an eye on me.”
If Danika hadn’t come, his buddies would have gotten him some female escorts. Although he wasn’t interested, he would feel uncomfortable with strangers sitting beside him. Fortunately, she showed up.
As they pushed open the door to the private room, everyone inside looked at them. Eustace led Danika in and introduced her as his girlfriend. The group chuckled and greeted her. Danika smiled and greeted them back.
Eustace introduced each of them in turn. “From left to right, they are Lance Quealy, Spencer Nixon, and Yosef Jones. I’ve known them for many years, and we often drink together. You can say we’re on good terms.”
While Eustace considered them his friends, they were certainly not as close to him as Paul. Danika nodded, having some impression of the three. All of them were famous rich heirs in Parrington. She had done some research before coming.
“Hey, Danika.” Spencer raised his glass, grinning. “You’re the first girlfriend Eustace has officially introduced to us. Let me toast you.”
He then drank his glass of alcohol in one go. Danika also raised her glass and took a sip, only to discover that it was juice.
“Hello.” Danika smiled at him in response, assuming Eustace probably prepared the juice.
“You should join Eustace whenever he comes out to socialize. We’re all easy to get along with,” Spencer said.
“Sure.” Danika nodded.
After Spencer went back to his seat, Lance came to greet her with his glass of alcohol as well.