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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wander around and mostly kept to her room. The staff were mildly 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 is well taken care of,"

to

had to admit that he was a bit panicked these days. He was having a feeling that something was slipping away, and he could not

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

but ignoring her now did not sit right. He knew that Anya detested this,

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

father knows I called you from the main house to mine, he will be angry, so make it worth it,"

answered, and Daniel ended the call and stepped out of

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into

was one of his

was always this way: oppressive and solemn. It was the way

about 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 woman she is. His mansion was his home, but his wife was not comfortable in it, always acting like a guest, not touching anything, and staying out of the way. Any man would pay more attention. That is

welcomed

his study," the butler

meeting room,

unfeeling as he surveyed the people there. They were the Shaw family's vassals and have been so for generations. To put it more clearly, they were the arms and legs of the leader of

handed the reins to Daniel a long

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

while Michael just

his father, something happened, and not just anything; it

scanned the room till his eyes landed on his

Daniel's father, Michael Shaw, sat tall, his presence casting a shadow over those gathered there in the dimly lit room. When he saw

said, Daniel already had a headache. He needed no one to tell him that his father had caused

up

cuing that the meeting was about to begin. The rest of those inside left the

the meeting room, tension swept past as one of them passed a document

read through it for a moment before he

did you do?" he

should be asking why," Michael

from

room said, and the room turned

lobby to delay their loan from the government." Another person said,

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