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."

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

is that not bullying?" he said coldly,

let them kill

met his gaze, a small smile tugging

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 felt like it. For some reason, she

thought. It was unsure what he was

the horizon by the time Daniel and Anya made their way home, the sky painted in

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

the front door, Daniel couldn't help but feel a sense of contentment wash over him. He

she had opened her heart up to Wendy fussing

A

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

basically theirs, as Daniel spent all his time there, only

home. While Anya took

we

time he started

of the bed, patting the space next to him invitingly. Anya joined him, his hand finding hers instinctively as they sat

slowly, choosing his words carefully. "About us and

future.

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suspicion creeping into

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

things she had thought he would say, this was at the bottom of the

21 A much-needed

heart ached at his words. He sounded as though she had said she hated him.

did not hold love for his house? It was the place where he ignored her the most,

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

bit before he opened and stared at her, his gaze searching hers. "You are right. I did stupid things in that house. We can't

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