Chapter 20 – The Regretful Billionaire: An Unpredicted Reunion

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“Eustace.”

Faye walked over to Eustace as soon as she saw him. Without Eustace around, she seemed out of place at this dinner. Eustace answered briefly, but he didn’t acknowledge her presence. Instead, he continued to observe Danika’s situation.

“Max Pearson!”

Realizing that Max was really butting heads with him, Steven was furious. He asked, “Don’t tell me you’re interested in her too?”

Max kept quiet. After a while, he answered in annoyance, “Hurry up and fight me. Stop wasting my time.” “You!” Steven was hitting the roof.

But Max was not afraid of him. He just stared at him indifferently. Steven was about to ask his men to attack when an old man appeared in time and stopped him. He whispered in his ear, “Sir, it’s not worth it to offend the Pearson family.”

“But…” He couldn’t turn the other cheek.

“There will be plenty of opportunities in the future,” the old man spoke again but in a firm tone.

Steven’s face was livid with rage. His eyes darted back and forth between Danika and Max. After a while, he finally said, “Consider yourselves lucky. I’ll let you guys off the hook today.”

After he finished his sentence, he left with his men. After he had gone far, Max turned to look at Danika with a cheeky smile, “It seems like you weren’t worried at all.”

“Just a mob. Nothing to be worried about,” If it weren’t for Max’s sudden appearance, Steven and his men would already have been lying on the ground after being beaten up by her.

But she didn’t respond so directly. If she really said that, that would make her such a jerk. After all, he had helped her.

Max nodded. “A mob? You’re right.”

As he spoke, Max handed over a glass of champagne to Danika. He was also holding a glass of wine himself.

“Max Pearson. Fancy getting to know each other?”

Danika glanced at him as if considering his offer.

“Don’t worry. I’m not like Steven Dickman.” As if knowing what Danika was worried about, Max explained laughingly.

Danika smiled upon hearing this. She clinked glasses with Max.

“Dr. Zellweger.”

Although he had helped her, Danika didn’t plan to give away too much about herself. It wasn’t that important to give her real name. Having a title was enough.

“Dr. Zellweger?” Max murmured. Then, he shook his head helplessly, “That will do.”

He had all the time in the world. He would take his time. He sat down next to Danika halfway through the conversation. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Eustace from a distance. He raised his brows at him as if to brag. At this moment, Eustace understood Max’s actions. He was trying to get close to Danika on purpose! As for the reason behind it…

Hadn’t Max always liked to do stuff like this? He hated the entire Quincey family because of that incident years ago.

Danika and Max were enjoying their conversation. She discovered that he was pretty interesting. At least he wasn’t repulsive. As the dinner had come to an end, Danika followed Gilbert and left together. Before they left, Max said reluctantly to her, “Goodbye, Dr. Zellweger.”

“Okay, goodbye.” Danika waved at him before she got in the car and left.

Max finally wiped the smile off his face when the car vanished in the darkness. He reached up to massage his face to relieve the numbness in his cheeks. He turned around just to see Eustace standing behind him.

“Eustace Quincey. Are you trying to scare this late at night?” he said unhappily as he took a few steps back. After all, he couldn’t beat this guy. Eustace stared at him with a dark expression.

“Don’t involve unrelated people in our business.”

Max laughed. He rubbed his ears and asked in disbelief, “What did you say? I must have misheard. You actually care about a woman?”

“Max, just because I didn’t bother about childish actions in the past doesn’t mean I won’t take action against you,” Eustace said in a deep voice. For years, Max had been giving him trouble. Eustace didn’t bother. After all, he was also one of the victims of that incident back then.

However, there was a limit to his patience.

Max’s expression turned ugly upon hearing Eustace’s words, “So, you’re saying that I’ve only been getting away with it all these years because you didn’t bother to do anything?”

“Duh. What did you think?” He looked at Max like he was mentally-retarded.

He successfully triggered Max. Max pointed at Eustace as he said, “Eustace, stop acting like you’re so mature. Do you really think you’re all that? If you’re really such a tough guy, kill me then.”

“Otherwise, I’m going to kill you and your entire family sooner or later!”

After he finished speaking, Eustace finally replied calmly with a look of disdain, “Is that so? I only fear that you don’t have that capability.”

“You just wait and see!”

Max turned around in anger. He had only taken two steps forward before he turned around again and said. to Eustace, “By the way, you’re interested in Dr. Zellweger, aren’t you?”

“No,” Eustace answered.

“No?” Max sneered. “Really? Well, I plan to go after her and make her my girlfriend. What do you think?”

As soon as he said that, Max felt a sudden drop in temperature, but his smile grew wider.

“Up to you,” Eustace finally said after a long while. He didn’t say anything more and got up to leave.

Max clenched his fists tightly as he watched Eustace walk away. He said through gritted teeth, “Up to me? We shall see if you really don’t care or you’re just acting like you don’t.”

On the other side of Gilbert’s car, Danika massaged her temples, feeling a little tired. it seemed like she wasn’t cut out for dinners like this.

“How did you know Max?” Gilbert suddenly asked as he drove. He didn’t look too happy either.

“I met him at the dinner just now,” Danika answered before she asked, “Why?”

“Nothing. He’s just an unpredictable person. You should stay away from him,” Gilbert said as he knitted his brows.

Danika nodded. She never planned to get close to Max anyway.

“The Pearson family wasn’t doing well a few years back. Max suddenly killed his father when the family was about to go bankrupt and successfully took over the company. That’s how the family became what it is today,” Gilbert continued, afraid that Danika wasn’t taking it seriously. At present, the Pearson family was also a force to be reckoned with in Parrington. They may not be as powerful as the Quincey family, but they shouldn’t be underestimated.

“He killed his father?” Danika was in disbelief.

“That’s what everyone says. There must be some truth to it then,” Gilbert answered. He continued, “He’s exceptionally dangerous, not as harmless as he seems.”

Danika nodded, indicating her understanding.

Soon, the car stopped outside the entrance to the neighborhood. Danika waved goodbye to Gilbert. It was only after the car disappeared from sight that she walked to a store on the other side of the road for some food before walking back.

What shocked her was that Eustace was standing before the elevator doors, looking as though he’d been waiting for her.