The Billionaire's Mistake
Chapter 118
MISTAKE 118
Chapter 118: Must keep up the lie
Hazel blinked, momentarily stunned. "My... sister? You mean Anya? But I've never even met her, and you know it is because she is not my..." "Shut it! If I say she is, then she is." Shaina replied, her attention focused on the safe's contents
"Someone has paid a lot of money for the to show.. same face as me,
but her daughter is married Into the Shaw family. If anyone can help us with a Mafia problem, it's them."
I can't believe she has the
Hazel's mind reeled with this new information. She'd always known there was no sister. Her
mother had made it up. Some paid her? Well, she did not care as long as they could use her.
"Are you sure they're that powerful? I mean, how do you know they can help?"
Shaina didn't answer immediately. She was staring into the safe, her face a mask of shock and disbelief. "No," she whispered. "No, no, no!"
"Mom? What's wrong?" Hazel asked, alarmed by her mother's sudden panic.
Shaina began tearing through the bedroom, yanking open drawers and upending boxes. "It's gone," she muttered, more to herself than to Hazel. "It can't be gone. Where is it?" Hazel watched in bewilderment as her usually composed mother descended into frantic searching. "What's gone? Mom, you're scaring me. What are you looking for?"
Shaina whirled to face her daughter, her eyes wide with fear and frustration. "The leverage," she said, her voice cracking. "I've lost our leverage."
"Leverage? What leverage?" Hazel asked, struggling to keep up with the rapid turn of events.
Shaina sank onto the bed; her energy
uddenly depleted. She looked up at Hazel, tears glistening in her eyes. "I abandoned Anya when she was a child," she confessed, the words
heavy with long-buried guilt. "I wasn't sure she'd be willing to help us, so II took something from her father's safe. Something to bargain with if she refused."
Hazel stared at her mother, shocked by this revelation. "You stole Mafia family?"
from Anya's father? From a
insurance. A last resort. But now it's gone, and without
to her mother, trying to process everything she'd learned in the last few minutes. Her own problems suddenly seemed to pale in comparison to the web of secrets and danger she'd unknowingly been part of her entire life. "So what do we do now?" Hazel asked
side, Shaina's phone started ringing.
sent you to Appletown to inspect the orchard. Why have you not gone yet?" The old woman
been defiant these past few days because she felt she would soon meet Anya
was just going
Rose Mansion, Daniel glanced at
Daniel said, his voice gentle as he approached her. "I need to go on a trip to inspect a
118 Must keep up
Daniel, her eyes filled with curiosity
this?"
at Anya's skepticism, understanding her reluctance to trust
come with me." Daniel
surprise at Daniel's invitation, her heart fluttering with uncertainty. She couldn't shake the feeling that Daniel was up to
"No."
of her as she wondered what Daniel
with gratitude as he realized that he had a chance to spend some quality time with her. He knew that he had a long way to go before he could win her
his voice filled with excitement. "Let's pack
days."
for the trip ahead, Daniel couldn't help but feel
anticipation
Daniel led Anya out of
Daniel embarked on their journey to Appletown for the factory inspection, Anya couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement coursing through her veins. It was her first time traveling by helicopter, and she was in awe of the sleek aircraft as
city from this angle, the towering buildings and bustling streets a stark contrast to the quiet
excitement quickly gave way to confusion as Daniel led her
he said, and she shot him a
own room, but he had only
Anya asked, her voice filled with disbelief.
at the corners of his lips as he let Anya inside the
do to you?" Daniel asked, his voice casual as he led Anya towards the reception
convinced. What can't he do to her? A
checked in, she couldn't help but feel slightly uneasy. A
did not believe he would
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