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."

of loneliness and isolation she had endured, to shield her from the pain of feeling like

bullying?" he said coldly, squeezing her hand. "They ignored you

let

gaze, a small smile tugging

tell he was angry on her 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

hand, Daniel seemed to go into deep thought. It was unsure

the time Daniel and Anya made their way home, the sky painted in hues of

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

but feel a sense of contentment wash over him. He and Anya were becoming inseparable as the days

had opened her heart up to Wendy fussing over Anya, before they made their way

23. A much-needed

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

as Daniel spent all his time there, only returning to

took off her jewelry, Daniel turned to Anya,

can we talk?" he

time he started a sentence this way, she knew something was about

on the edge of the bed, patting the space next to him invitingly. Anya joined him, his hand finding hers

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

future.

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into her expression. "What

stared at her for a while before speaking, "I think it's time

say, this was at the bottom of the list. For some reason,

21 A much-needed

though she had said she hated him. "That's not it," she

ignored her the most,

you left me to stay in a lone day and night and even

he opened and stared at her, his gaze

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