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."

and isolation she had endured, to shield her from

is that not bullying?" he said coldly, squeezing her hand. "They ignored you

let them

a small smile

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

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

had dipped below the horizon by the time Daniel and Anya made their way home, the sky painted

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

front door, Daniel couldn't help but feel a sense of contentment wash over him.

opened her heart up to Wendy fussing over

A

familiar scent of lavender and vanilla

his time there,

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

can we talk?" he

started a sentence this way, she knew something was about to

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 silence for a moment,

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

future.

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

speaking, "I

had thought he would say, this was at the bottom of the list. For

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his words. He sounded as though she had said she hated

love for his house? It was the place where he ignored her the most, refused to

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

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

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