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."

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

he said coldly, squeezing her

not let them

small smile tugging

reason, she felt her heart sing. He was behaving unusually. He would call her baby

go into deep thought. It was unsure

home, the sky painted in hues of purple and

Anya's dependence on Daniel hung over them like

but feel a sense of contentment wash over him. He and Anya were becoming inseparable as the days grew. It

her heart up to Wendy fussing over Anya, before they

23. A much-needed

their bedroom, the familiar scent of lavender and

spent all his time there, only returning to his

While Anya took off her jewelry, Daniel turned to

can we talk?" he

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

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

been thinking," Daniel began slowly, choosing his

future.

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suspicion creeping into her expression. "What about our

for a while before speaking,

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

21 A much-needed

she had said

It was the place where he ignored her the most, refused to have anything to do with her, and put her in a state of utter depression. When she thought of that house, she could not think of

can't," she 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

his throat; his eyes squeezed shut for a bit before he opened and stared at her,

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