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“Thank you, Dr. Zellweger!” Morgan was touched. Doctors like Danika, who was as skilled as they were unassuming, were hard to come by.
“Change your clothes,” Danika instructed her..
Morgan nodded, rather excited that she was finally able to observe Danika’s operation firsthand.
As Danika was in the operating room, Eustace couldn’t find her when he arrived at the hospital. Instead of feeling disappointed, he was relieved. After all, he didn’t know how to face her. It wasn’t that he had no dignity. In fact, he had decided not to look for her again.
However, he was sure his grandfather would throw him out of the party if he didn’t bring Danika with him. If he didn’t show up at the party, rumors about his relationship with his grandfather would begin to brew.
Eustace decided to come back the next day instead of waiting till the end of Danika’s operation. After all, his grandfather’s birthday was the day after the next, so there was still time to invite her.
When he entered his car and was about to head to work, Yvonne called him.
“Eustace, are you free this afternoon? Come shopping with me. I haven’t been back for two years, and Parrington has changed a lot.”
“Sorry, I’ll be busy this afternoon.” Eustace refused her invitation. If it weren’t for Danika, he would have agreed. However, after the incident with Danika, he had an unexplainable dislike for the Dickmans. Since Danika didn’t like Yvonne, he didn’t want to be too close to her.
Yvonne didn’t expect to be rejected. Although she was angry, she didn’t lash out at him. Instead, she said, “The day after tomorrow is your grandfather’s birthday. I want to choose a gift for him, but I don’t know what he likes, so I just-”
Although he couldn’t see her, Eustace could imagine the sad look on her face. It caused him to waver. “Eustace, I thought we’d still be friends no matter how long we were apart, but I guess that was just my wishful thinking,” she said sadly.
Frowning. Eustace finally asked, “Where are you? I’ll pick you up.”
In the end, he gave in because Yvonne was his good friend. When he lost his parents, apart from his grandfather’s care, Yvonne helped him a lot by being by his side. He couldn’t be so ruthless to her.
“I’m at home,” Yvonne replied, grinning. “Shall I wait for you?”
“Sure.”
After hanging up, Eustace drove to her place.
Around 6.00 pm, Danika exited the operating room after her surgery, accompanied by Morgan.
“Dr. Zellweger, you’re amazing,” she chattered. After watching the entire surgery, Morgan was overflowing with admiration for Danika.
Danika replied nonchalantly, “It’s nothing amazing. It’s common for neurosurgeons to do surgeries like this. Perhaps you haven’t seen enough.”
“That’s not true,” Morgan retorted. “I have observed other doctors, but they don’t have the same air of relaxed confidence as you.”
“Well, it comes with practice,” Danika explained.
When they returned to the office, Danika packed up her things and prepared to leave. Morgan watched her with a small smile before she announced, “Dr. Zellweger, I’ll treat you to dinner.”
Glancing at her, Danika folded her hands across her chest. She watched her closely and asked, “Do you need something from me?”
“Well, I need a small favor from you,” Morgan answered. “I’m going to attend a birthday party in two days. My dad wants me to choose the gifts, but I don’t have a clue.”
“You’re telling me you want me to help you pick out presents?” Danika asked.
“Well, you are more mature than me and more thoughtful about things. So you’ll be better at choosing gifts.” She had thought about asking Danika for help on the fly. Her ulterior motive was to get closer to Danika
Danika checked her phone. She had no appointments that night, and she happened to be a little bored. Hence, she nodded in agreement.
“Okay, but I can’t guarantee that the birthday person will like what I choose.”
After all, gifts should be chosen based on the recipient’s likes. From her conversation with Morgan, she could tell that Morgan didn’t know what the birthday star liked. Therefore, it would be difficult to pick a gift.
“That’s fine. Let’s just do our best. They won’t pay too much attention to my gift.”
The gift recipient was Old Mr. Quincey, so there was no way he would pay any mind to her gift. Her father’s. only request for the gift was to make sure it wasn’t embarrassing.
They left the hospital together. Since Morgan was driving. Danika waited for her to pick her up from the lobby. Soon, a Ferrari sports car sporting a checker pattern coating pulled up in front of her. At the sight, Danika had an inkling that her assistant was rather rich,
As she entered the car, she couldn’t help but laugh.
“If you’re so rich, why would you choose to be a doctor? Don’t you know how difficult this job is?”
“Since I’m rich, shouldn’t I choose to do something more meaningful?” Morgan replied. It was the same answer she would give her family when they asked her that question. Danika stopped laughing as her words seemed to make sense.
They soon arrived at the best shopping mall in Parrington and got out of the car.
Holding Danika’s arm, Morgan said, “Dr. Zellweger, let’s grab a meal first.”
“Okay.” Danika nodded and said, “You can call me Danika outside the hospital.”
Morgan covered her mouth in joy. “You finally told me your first name. Does this mean we’re friends?”
“Well, you never asked. Did you?”
While Danika didn’t mind people knowing her first name, she wouldn’t go out of her way to announce it if no one asked.
Scratching the back of her head, Morgan answered with a giggle, “I was too afraid to ask.”
Although she was Danika’s assistant, they weren’t particularly close. She dared not ask any hasty questions for fear of infuriating her.
“Am I that scary?” Danika always thought that she was a gentle person. She never imagined that a person would be afraid of her.
Morgan nodded at first, but she caught herself and quickly shook her head and said, “No, it’s me who’s timid.”
Danika smiled and dropped the topic. “What do you want to eat?”
“The Crispy Buns! This restaurant is amazing. You need to try this place, Danika!”
Danika didn’t reject her suggestion. Although she had eaten there recently, the food was excellent, so she had no qualms about eating there another time.
As they approached the store, they saw a long queue. Just as Danika thought they would need to wait for a long time, Morgan led her into the restaurant. The waiter at the door even greeted her.
“Is this your family’s restaurant?” Danika asked in surprise.
“Well, my parents started as a catering business. The Crispy Buns is the first restaurant they launched,” Morgan explained. She produced a card from her bag and handed it to Danika. “This diamond card allows you to skip the queue every time you visit.”
When Danika didn’t reach out to accept it, Morgan hurriedly explained, “Don’t worry, there’s no credit in it.”
“Okay.” Finally, Danika reached out to accept it.
“Miss Golding, there are customers in your usual seat. I-”
The waiter appeared a little distressed, as they hadn’t expected Morgan to visit.
However, Morgan didn’t mind. “It’s alright. We can just sit anywhere.”
While she preferred the seat by the window, she wouldn’t die if she didn’t sit there. After all, customers were patrons of her family business. There was no way she would make a big fuss just because of a seat.
With that, the waiter led the two of them to another table. Given the noise that filled the venue, the business was doing rather well.
“There are no private booths available, Danika. I hope you don’t mind. I’ll book in advance next time.” Morgan was a little embarrassed. Although her family owned the place, she still needed to book in advance to reserve a private spot.