The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 42

Chapter 42: His confession

"Then why did you let it happen?" Hunter could not understand why it had gotten to this did not want it. He had never thought it was possible for women to reject Daniel. If Daniel wanted her, with his means and methods, she would not be able to get a divorce that easily. "Did she not like you, so she decided to divorce you?" James frowned.

he

"How is that possible? The few times I saw her, she looked to be very in love with him," Ethan said, then realized that Daniel had finished a bottle and was taking another. you do something?" James frowned.

"Anya called, begging me to talk to her. She said she had an emergency. When I refused. She threatened that if I don't talk to her, I should come back with divorce papers. I was angry she was pestering me and thought it was probably time to end the contract. So, I sent divorce papers to her, and she signed and vanished before I even came home," Daniel said softly, but they all still heard him. The private room descended into silence.

"You..." Hunter was at a loss for words. He was the only one amongst them who was married. "I have a good relationship with my wife, yet if I did that, I would be divorced in a second. Talk more about the both of you that only have a contract. How could you make such a basic mistake if you did not want a divorce?" Hunter asked. He could not believe that this was his friend, who was levelheaded and intelligent.

Their faces of confusion and disbelief at his action were the last straw for Daniel to snap. It was as though all the pain he had denied, all the agitation he had held in this past month, exploded all at once.

"What?" Daniel asked fiercely.

"I just came back from Canada, Daniel," Ethan said.

Daniel raised a brow, his body swaying.

"I didn't know how to tell you, but I don't think Selene is who she says she is," Ethan said, and Daniel paused.

"What does that mean?"

Chapter 42 His confession

Selene's file on his table and was worried since you like her so much. I thought something happened... but..." Ethan paused, hesitating. "Talk already,"

done regularly to look more like your wife. She has been doing that for

not her

isn't her face, then Daniel's wife is." James

her pretend to be your childhood lover? Daniel I suspect

child of her mother. The Celine I knew had a brother, or was I two?" Daniel found that

Could he

blood. I can arrange to have it tested with Selene,"

said in a barely

drinking," Ethan reached for the bottle, but Daniel

did not fight the prenuptial agreement. She did not take her clothes; she did not take the money. She just signed the papers and vanished. No

salary. It had broken their friend till he was barely conscious, sprawled on the seat, muttering his wife's name like a prayer. "My Anya," he muttered as his friends took

splitting headache. He barely managed to open his eyes when he saw his

"Do you rea

regret it?" she asked, and she stared at her for a while. He thought this was the same dream he had had in months. In his barely three hours of sleep, his mother still found a way to appear in his dreams and ask him this same question. "Yes," he answered for

got up from the bed to leave. Only then did

message from Hunter. The rest of the of the

a fake," Daniel

"Who?" Wendy asked.

plastic surgery to look more like Anya. I just confirmed her DNA is different

Anya is the real one?" Wendy

answered weakly. Looking at his defeated face, Wendy

"Are you in

me now, mom?"