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."

isolation she had endured, to

he said coldly, squeezing her hand. "They ignored you

not let

met his gaze, a small

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 when he felt like it. For some reason, she did not want to tell

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

Daniel and Anya made their way home, the

Anya's dependence on Daniel hung over them like a hovering cloud as they approached

sense of contentment wash over him. He and Anya were becoming inseparable as the days grew. It could even

she had opened her heart up to Wendy fussing

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their bedroom, the familiar scent of lavender

Daniel spent all his

to take Anya back home. While Anya took off her jewelry, Daniel turned to

we talk?" he

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

a seat on the edge of the bed, patting the space next to him invitingly. Anya joined him, his hand finding hers instinctively as

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

future.

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

while before speaking, "I think

paused. 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

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He sounded as though she

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,

a lone

at her, his gaze searching

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