The Billionaire's Mistake

Chapter 73

MISTAKE 73

Chapter 73: A much-needed talk

"Did they bully you, baby?" he began tentatively, breaking the quiet between them. "If they did, then you should definitely go. I will have you walk in like a star. Fifty bodyguards, eighty road clearers."

His words almost made her spit out her food.

"Road clearers?" she asked.

"They pat the crowd like the red sea for you," he said.

"Why would I want that?" Anya chuckled.

"For effect." He shrugged.

"I will look like a clown."

"You will look like a star. So, did they bully you?" he asked.

Anya shrugged, her expression unreadable. "Not really. I was just... ignored."

"Ignored?"

"They behaved as though I did not exist."

Daniel's heart clenched at her words, a pang of sympathy sweeping through him.

"Why?" he asked.

"I was a busy body. They would play pranks on people regularly. One time they took a prank too far and almost killed someone. No one was supposed to tell a teacher, but I told a teacher to call the police.

The firefighters came and got the girl out of the building before she ran out of oxygen. She survived, but she was in a coma for a few months. Her family withdrew her from school, and the students involved were reprimanded. Since then, they all agreed to pretend I don't exist."

erase the years of loneliness and isolation she had endured, to shield her from the pain of feeling like an outsider.

he said coldly, squeezing her

let them

his gaze, a small smile tugging at her

would call her baby at any moment and touch her when he felt like it.

in hand, Daniel seemed to go into deep thought. It was unsure what he was thinking about, but the mood became unknowingly soft

sun had dipped below the horizon by the time Daniel and Anya made their way home, the sky painted in hues of purple

on Daniel hung over them like a hovering cloud as they approached the Shaw

of contentment wash over him. He and Anya were becoming inseparable as the days grew.

first, with that she had opened her heart up to Wendy fussing over Anya, before they made their way up to Anya's

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to their bedroom, the familiar scent of lavender and vanilla enveloping

room was basically theirs, as Daniel spent all his time there, only returning to

home. While Anya took off her jewelry, Daniel turned to Anya, his gaze searching

we talk?"

crossing her features. Every time he started a sentence this way, she knew

the space next to him invitingly. Anya joined him, his hand finding hers instinctively as they sat in silence for a

Daniel began slowly, choosing his words carefully. "About us and

future.

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eyes narrowed slightly, suspicion creeping into her

before speaking, "I think it's time for us to

tried to process his words. "Move? But why?" Of all the things she had thought he would say, this was at the bottom of the list. For some reason, she had never really

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He sounded as though she had

the most, refused to have

a whisper. "That is the house you left me to stay in a lone day and night

at her, his gaze

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