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."

the years of loneliness and isolation she had endured, to shield

said coldly, squeezing

let

a small smile

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

as they sat there, hand in hand, Daniel seemed to go into deep thought. It was unsure what he was thinking about, but the mood became unknowingly soft

their way home, the sky painted in hues of purple

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

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

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

A

familiar scent of lavender and vanilla enveloping them

all his time there, only returning to his room

While Anya took off her

can we talk?"

Every time he started

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

began slowly, choosing his words carefully. "About us

future.

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slightly, suspicion creeping into her expression. "What

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

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

21 A much-needed

though she had said she hated him. "That's not it," she

explain 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 her in a state

me to stay in a lone day and night and even ignored me when I crawled

before he opened and stared at her, his gaze searching hers. "You are right.

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