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 her from the pain of

said coldly,

let

gaze, a small smile tugging at her

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

to go into deep thought. It was unsure

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

on Daniel hung over them like a hovering cloud as they

couldn't help but feel a sense of contentment wash over him. He and Anya were becoming

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

A

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

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

took off her

can we talk?" he

brow, a flicker of suspicion crossing her features. Every time he started a

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

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

future.

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eyes narrowed slightly, suspicion creeping into her expression. "What

before speaking,

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 don't want to

A much-needed

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

paused. How was she to explain to him that she did not 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.

her voice barely above a whisper. "That is the house you left me to stay in a lone day and night and even ignored me when I crawled on the

in his throat; his eyes squeezed shut for a bit before he opened and stared at her, his gaze searching

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