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."

of loneliness and isolation she had endured, to

is that not bullying?" he said coldly, squeezing

let them

gaze, a small smile tugging at her

her baby at

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

and Anya made their way home, the sky painted in hues of purple and pink as dusk

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

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

up to Wendy fussing over Anya, before they made their way

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the familiar scent of lavender

spent all his time there, only returning

not wait to take Anya back home. While Anya took off her

can we talk?" he

her features. Every time he started

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

choosing his words carefully.

future.

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suspicion creeping into her expression. "What about

while before speaking,

tried to process his words. "Move? But why?" Of all the things she had thought he would say, this was at the bottom of the

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

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 state of utter depression. When she thought of that house, she could

her voice barely above a 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 room floor in pain from

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

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