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."

she had endured, to shield her from

not bullying?" he said coldly, squeezing her hand. "They ignored you

not let them

a small smile tugging

behalf. For some reason, she felt her heart sing. He was behaving unusually. He would call her baby at any moment and touch her when he felt like it. For some reason, she did not want to tell him

into deep thought. It was unsure what he was thinking about, but the mood

Daniel and Anya made their way home, the sky painted

Anya's dependence on Daniel hung over them like a hovering

the front door, Daniel couldn't help but feel a sense of contentment wash over him. He and Anya were becoming inseparable as the days grew. It could

parents first, with that she had opened her heart up to Wendy fussing

23. A much-needed

bedroom, the familiar scent of lavender and vanilla enveloping them as they

Daniel spent all his time there, only returning

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

can we

of suspicion crossing her features. Every time he started a sentence this way, she knew something was about

space next to him invitingly. Anya joined him, his hand finding hers instinctively as they

slowly, choosing his words carefully. "About us and

future.

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creeping into her expression. "What

speaking, "I think

of the list. For some reason, she had never really considered moving out of the family mansion. Daniel reached for her hand, squeezing it gently.

21 A much-needed

at his words. He sounded as though she had said she hated him. "That's not it,"

where he ignored her the most, refused to

in a lone day and night and even ignored me when I crawled on the living

before he opened and stared at her, his gaze searching hers. "You are right. I did stupid things in

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