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 the pain of feeling

coldly, squeezing

let

his gaze, a small smile

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

as they sat there, hand in hand, Daniel seemed to go into deep thought. It was unsure what he was

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

them

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

heart up to Wendy fussing over Anya, before they made

23. A much-needed

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

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

took off her

we talk?" he

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

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

been thinking," Daniel began slowly, choosing

future.

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suspicion creeping into her expression. "What about

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

Her mind was 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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ached at his words. He sounded as though she had said she hated him. "That's not it," she

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

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

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

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