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."

she had endured, to shield her from the pain of feeling like an outsider. His anger was

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

not let

gaze, a small

behalf. For some reason, she felt her heart sing. He was behaving unusually. He would call her

hand in hand, Daniel seemed to go into deep thought. It was unsure what he was thinking about, but

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

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

contentment wash over him. He and Anya were becoming inseparable

heart up to Wendy fussing over Anya, before they

23. A much-needed

familiar scent of lavender and vanilla enveloping them as

spent all his time there,

could not wait to take Anya back home. While Anya took off her jewelry, Daniel turned to Anya,

we talk?" he

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

him invitingly. Anya joined him, his hand finding hers instinctively as they sat in silence

been thinking," Daniel began slowly, choosing his words carefully.

future.

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

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

bottom of the list. For some reason, she had never really considered moving out of the family mansion. Daniel reached

A

she had said she hated him. "That's not

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

her voice barely above a whisper. "That is the house you left me to stay in a lone day and night and

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

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