Filed to story: The Regretful Billionaire: An Unpredicted Reunion
Eustace couldn’t hold himself back from saying, “Be careful of Luke Quincey.He’s a dangerous man.”
“I know.”
Danika nodded.
Eustace glanced at her, making sure she got his message, so Danika sighed and said, “I’m not dumb.
Luke came to find me because he wanted something from me.
I’m not going to allow that.”
“But he’s a Quincey and likely soon to be head of the family,”
Eustace responded.
That was what the whole world thought, anyway.
Danika rolled her eyes.
“So? Do you think I care about that?”
She wasn’t power-hungry like Yvonne Dickman was.
“No, you don’t.”
Eustace nodded.
He’d known already, but he just wanted to make sure.
They soon stopped outside the restaurant.
Danika opened the car door and was about to get out when she said to Eustace, “You know something, you don’t need to do all this.Just keep your focus on becoming head of your family for now.”
“Don’t worry.I won’t make you wait,” he promised.
Eustace wouldn’t make Danika wait too long before becoming head of the Quincey family as well as dating her.
Lucky Him
Danika was spotted by Evan the moment she walked into the restaurant.He waved her over.
“Here, sit.Food’s almost ready.”
“Sorry for making you wait.”
Danika went to sit opposite Evan across the table.
Evan waved her off but didn’t ask her how she got there.He’d seen Eustace drop her off from the restaurant windows.
Evan respected Eustace for being generous enough to drive Danika over for their dinner, knowing it was with his love rival.He wouldn’t have been kind enough to do that himself.
The food was soon served, most of it Danika’s favorite.
“Eat up while it’s hot.”
“Don’t mind if I do.”
Danika had been starving since the afternoon, so she quickly helped herself to dinner.
“This is really good, Evan.Where’d you find this place?”
“I drove by a couple of times and saw they had a lot of customers, so I figured they must be doing something right.I wanted you to try it out, so here we are,”
Evan happily answered, passing some mashed yams to Danika.
“Wow,” Danika thought.
“I wouldn’t have been able to find a place with such good cooking just by driving through Bardoff City.”
“What’d the police say?” Evan asked.
“Glass is going to get the noose, right? Danika shook her head.
“Turns out the guests killed by the bomb are still alive, just heavily injured.My guess is he’ll just get a life sentence.”
Of course, the details remained in the court’s jurisdiction.
Something dark flared in Evan’s eyes when he heard “life sentence, “
but it quickly vanished.
“Lucky him.”
“Yeah.
The lawyers his family hired are trying to argue that he never intended to kill anyone, given how weak the bombs he planted are.”
“He mustn’t have known shit to have bought such low-quality weapons,” Danika thought to herself, amused.
Evan smiled.
“We’ll leave it up to the coppers then.”
“Yeah. There’s nothing else I can do now.” Nothing illegal, anyway.
Their conversation continued merrily throughout dinner.
Afterward, when Danika thought she could finally go home, Evan pulled out two tickets from his pocket.
“I got some tickets for a concert nearby.Wanna join me? It could help our digestion,” he asked, all smiles.
Danika giggled.
“Only you would think of something like that.”
“So, are you coming?”
Evan grinned, eyes full of adoration for Danika.
The woman eyed the tickets and nodded.
“Sure.We’ll see how well music helps with my metabolism.”
“Let’s walk over then.It’s not far.”
Evan went up to Danika holding her hand.
The warm feeling in and around her palm made her stiffen.She gently pulled her hand away even as she nodded at what he’d said.
Their atmosphere suddenly grew awkward, with Danika instantly regretting agreeing to the concert after dinner.She should’ve gone straight home.
Evan, meanwhile, was unbothered.His smile remained as he quietly walked to the concert with Danika beside him.
Please Let Him Go
As the two walked, they failed to notice the car trailing behind them a distance away.
Though Eustace didn’t seem to care, he was rolling in waves of jealousy. That was why he never left the restaurant after dropping Danika off.
He ended up reaching the concert hall with the both of them, only stopping when they entered and disappeared from sight.
“The fuck is wrong with you, man? Danika would never tolerate you stalking her like this,” he groaned, rubbing his face tiredly.
After thinking things through, he drove off, leaving the two alone. There were far more important things to do right now.
Graham never expected Rowena to show up in front of him ever again. He’d thought she’d be wise enough to stay hidden for the rest of her life with the money he gave her.
She really did think he wouldn’t do anything to her, huh?
“What are you doing here?” Graham grunted coldly. No point faking the pleasantries now.
Rowena didn’t get upset with his attitude. She was there to ask for help, after all. It was better to have the right demeanor.
With a smile, she said, “Have you had lunch? Let me make something for you.”
“No need. You were never so kind, so you don’t need to try and act like that now,” Graham stopped her.
Rowena blinked, embarrassed, and went back down to sit beside Graham.
The man wrinkled his nose at how little a gap she left between them. So he stood up. “Get to the point of why you’re here.”
“I’m…I’m here to ask you to have mercy on my family.” She couldn’t just do anything while her family suffered.
Graham snorted. “For the Glasses?
“Let’s take a step back now, shall we? What do you think of Randy’s actions the other night? Do you really think he should go unpunished with how reckless and murderous he was with those. bombs?”
He had heard from the police that Randy might not get a death sentence and got frustrated. Not even the boy’s death would quell Graham’s hate for him, not to mention a life sentence.
