MISTAKE 32

Chapter 32: A target on her back

As Daniel was driven to his father's house, he called the ship to ask if Anya was still there.

"She asked for a boat to take her ashore, sir," the captain answered. Daniel sighed in relief before feeling uncomfortable.

"How did she seem?" Daniel asked.

"Sir?" the captain asked in confusion.

"Did she seem angry?" Daniel asked.

"I don't think so, sir," the captain answered. After that call, Daniel seemed more uncomfortable. He was not sure what was going through her mind. He had left her there. In anger, now he regretted it when she did not seem offended.

Won't a woman be offended if her husband leaves her behind? Daniel looked at his phone. She had not called him at all.

A mansion soon came into view as the driver drove to a stop in front of the large front door.

the butler. Daniel did not step out of the car immediately, but took out his phone and cali

"Sir," he heard Mr. Lenny answer.

"Are you back from your holiday, Lenny?" Daniel asked.

"Yes, sir," Lenny answered.

"Pack your bags. You will not be serving the main mansion anymore," he said.

Chapter 32 A target on tier back

"Where will I be serving, sir?" Lenny asked.

"You will be serving at my mansion, where my wife, Anya, is living," he said. He recalled that Anya seemed uncomfortable in his home.

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respectful, but he realized they were the same staff he had hired before she left the house 3 years ago. He needed to make sure nothing was happening while he was not around. "I will make sure she

to

was having a feeling that something was slipping away, and he could not put

family, the more worried he was. Her caution just showed how she had been treated, and he was not

sure what had gotten into him, but ignoring her now did not sit right. He knew that Anya detested

sure what happened. Was she not the one who wanted to marry him? Daniel shook his

called you from the main house to mine, he

sir," Lenny answered, and Daniel ended the

Chapter 1 A Titon

and stepped into the dimly lit foyer, the air crackled with a

was one of his

was always this way: oppressive and solemn. It was the way his father preferred

it, his home was the same. He wondered if he felt differently because Anya lived in it. No, he vanished this thought from his head quickly. He was not sure how spending a few days with her could make him forget what kind of

butler welcomed

is in his study," the butler

into the meeting room, and many immediately stood.

people there. They were the Shaw family's vassals and have been so for generations. To put it

to Daniel a long time ago. Though

their tensed stance and knew something had gone wrong. From the look of it, his father had not called for the meeting, as those there

tired while Michael just

to gather around his father, something happened, and not just

room till his eyes

presence casting a shadow over those gathered there in the dimly

Even though nothing was said, Daniel already had a headache. He needed no one to tell him that his father had caused trouble. He

up

at the head of the table, cuing that the meeting was about to begin. The rest of those inside left the hall, leaving

tension swept past as one of them passed a

moment before he paused and frowned at

you do?" he

asking why," Michael

family from making their shipment yesterday,"

room said, and the room turned

lobby to delay their loan from the government." Another

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