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

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

not let

small smile tugging

would call her baby at any moment and touch her when he felt like it. For some reason, she

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

the horizon by the time Daniel and Anya made their way home, the sky painted in hues of purple and pink as dusk settled over the quiet

hung over them like a hovering cloud

feel a sense of contentment wash over him. He

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

23. A much-needed

to their bedroom, the familiar scent of lavender and

as Daniel spent all his time there, only returning to

took off her

can we

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

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

began slowly, choosing

future.

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creeping into her expression. "What about

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

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 move

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

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

left me to stay in a lone day and night

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

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