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."

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

bullying?" he said coldly,

not let them

small smile tugging at her

her baby

in hand, Daniel seemed to go into deep thought. It was unsure

sun had dipped below 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

them like a hovering cloud

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

greeted their parents first, with that she had opened her heart up

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familiar scent of lavender and vanilla

spent all his time there, only returning to his room

to take Anya back home. While Anya took

we

he started a sentence this way, she knew something was about to happen. "About what?" she

took a seat 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

choosing his words carefully. "About us and

future.

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slightly, suspicion creeping into her expression. "What

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

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 for her hand, squeezing it gently. "You don't want to move

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as though she had said she

place where he ignored her the most, refused to have anything

a whisper. "That is the house you left me to stay in a lone day and night and even ignored me

his throat; his eyes squeezed shut for a bit before he opened and stared at her, his gaze searching hers. "You are right. I did stupid things in that house. We can't

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