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."

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

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

not let them kill

small smile tugging at her

felt her heart sing. He was behaving unusually. He would call her baby at any moment and

they sat there, hand in hand, Daniel seemed to go into deep thought. It

home, the sky painted

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

feel a sense of contentment wash over him. He and Anya were becoming inseparable

had opened her heart up

A much-needed

scent of lavender

all his time there, only returning to his

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

we talk?"

time he started a sentence

the space next to him invitingly. Anya joined him, his hand finding hers instinctively as they sat in silence for

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

future.

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suspicion creeping into her expression. "What

speaking, "I think it's

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

21 A much-needed

words. He sounded as though she had said she hated him. "That's not it,"

she to 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

above a whisper. "That is the house you left me to stay in a lone

he opened and stared at her, his gaze searching hers. "You are right. I did stupid things in that

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