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."

endured, to shield

that not bullying?" he said coldly, squeezing her

not let them kill

met his gaze, a small smile

her heart sing. He was behaving unusually. He would call her baby at any moment and touch

Daniel seemed to go into deep thought. It was unsure what he was thinking about, but the

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

on Daniel hung over them like a hovering cloud as they

stepped through 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 even

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

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

spent all his time there, only returning to his

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

can we talk?"

he started a sentence this

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

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

future.

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slightly, suspicion creeping into her expression. "What about our

while before speaking,

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 considered moving out of the family mansion. Daniel reached for her hand, squeezing it gently. "You

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his words. He sounded as though she had said she hated him. "That's

hold love for his house? It was the place where he ignored her the most, refused to have anything to do with her, and put her in a state of utter depression. When she thought of that

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

shut for a bit before he opened and stared at her,

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