The Billionaire's Mistake

Chapter 56

MISTAKE 56

Chapter 56: Signing Event

I saw a man put his hand on my wife's back, and I was jealous and wanted to know who he was," Daniel corrected with a straight face, and she was at a loss for words.

"Jealous?" she asked incredulously. It was as though someone had said that the ancient Egyptians disappeared because Cleopatra's undies were thrown into Osiris' temple. "Why not? I am human," he answered.

"This document, wherever you got it, will have to pass through my lawyer, so there is nothing

to bother about," she dismissed him.

"Keep scrolling," he instructs her, and she continues after a moment of hesitation. She saw pictures of Stanley meeting with her lawyer. She already knew what this was the moment she saw it. But she could not bring herself to believe it. "What is this?"

"The author of Autumn's Snow is called Autumn Hanson. She is your lawyer, Mr. Hanson's uncle," he explained, and she started finding it hard to breathe..

"Why?" she asked.

"You are about to sign a deal tomorrow; should I hide it from you?" he asked.

"I mean, why are you helping me? You even said this is part of the reason you are marrying me?" she asked, her voice barely leaving her throat.

art is now joint family property. You have probably handled several legal matters concerning your art with your lawyer, Mr. Hanson's law firm. You are

again! Why do you want to help me? You have not helped

him.

I should have protected you. Yet I did nothing. Am I supposed to keep doing nothing? I already did that once; that is not happening again," he said, his eyes hardening as he looked into hers. Anya was somewhat disappointed. He felt responsible for her. His pride was pricked when someone plotted against her while she was married to him. She was not sure what she was expecting him to say. Did she think he would say that he loved her? Had she not gotten over him yet? When Daniel saw the disappointment in her eyes,

asked Daniel,

doesn't make any difference,"

"Why?" she asked.

Stanley is the one that commissioned the author of Autumn

a muse?" She found herself laughing. She nodded and

trust you, but I need to

glow across the room as Anya stood before her mirror, her hands trembling slightly as she applied the finishing touches to her makeup. Her mind

as she

too paranoid. But her fear gnawed at her insides like a cluster of worms;

her resolve hardened with each passing moment. As long as she does not sign, all will

on the table before him. His expression was unreadable

Anya," he said, his voice unusually soft. His gentle gaze raked over her, making

a seat opposite him at the table. "Good morning, Daniel," she replied, her voice low and anxious. She still didn't know how to deal with Daniel who brought her food. In all her years married to him, he had

he said,

glanced down at the food, her appetite evaporating in the face of her mounting anxiety. "That's... thoughtful of you, Daniel," she murmured, her mind racing with a

silence, Daniel noticed she was finding it

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