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."

wished he could erase the years of loneliness and isolation she had endured, to shield her from the pain of feeling like an

he said coldly, squeezing her hand.

let them kill

gaze, a small smile tugging at

would call her baby at any moment and

into deep thought. It was unsure what he was thinking about, but the mood became

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

in hand; Anya's dependence on Daniel hung over them like a

Daniel couldn't help but feel a sense of contentment wash over him. He and Anya were becoming inseparable as the days

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

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familiar scent of lavender and vanilla enveloping them as

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

home. While Anya took off her jewelry,

can we talk?" he

of suspicion crossing her features. Every time he started a

to him invitingly. Anya joined him, his hand finding hers instinctively as they sat in silence for a moment, gathering

Daniel began slowly, choosing his words carefully. "About

future.

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suspicion creeping into her expression. "What about

before speaking, "I think it's time for us

racing as she tried to process his words. "Move? But why?" 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

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though she had said

hold love for his house? It was the place where he ignored her the most,

said coldly, 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 living

at her, his gaze

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