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."

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

not bullying?" he said coldly,

let

met his gaze, a small smile tugging

felt her heart sing. He was behaving unusually. He would call her baby at any moment and touch her when he felt like it.

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

way home, the sky painted in hues of purple and pink as dusk settled over

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

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

she had opened her heart up to Wendy fussing over Anya,

A

to their bedroom, the familiar scent of

was basically theirs, as Daniel spent all his time there, only returning to his room to

took off her jewelry, Daniel turned

can we talk?" he

crossing her features. Every time he started a sentence

next to him invitingly. Anya joined him,

began slowly, choosing

future.

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

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

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

A

heart ached at his words. He sounded as though she had said she hated him.

the most, refused to have anything to do with her, and put her in a state of utter depression. When she thought

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

breath tripped in his throat; his eyes squeezed shut for a bit before he opened and stared at her, his gaze searching hers. "You are right. I did stupid things in that house. We

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