The Billionaire's Mistake

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

now it's gone, and without it... She trailed off,

mother, trying to process everything she'd learned in the last few minutes. Her own problems suddenly seemed to pale in comparison to the

as though fate was on their side, Shaina's phone started ringing. It was

are doing. I sent you to Appletown to inspect the orchard. Why have you not gone yet?"

these past few days because she felt she would soon meet Anya as long as

just going over," Shaina answered

the Rose Mansion,

her. "I need to

keep

up at Daniel, her eyes filled

are you telling me this?" Anya asked,

her reluctance to trust

if you'd like to come

at Daniel's invitation, her heart fluttering with uncertainty. She couldn't shake the feeling that Daniel was up to something. "Are you going to bring the trip

"No."

her curiosity getting the better of her as she wondered

her. He knew that he had a long way to go before

his voice filled with excitement. "Let's pack up. We'll

days."

belongings and prepared for the trip ahead, Daniel couldn't help but feel Chepan 116 Most

anticipation

Daniel led Anya

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

a city from this angle, the towering buildings and bustling streets a stark contrast to the quiet solitude of the Shaw family estate

Anya's excitement quickly gave way to confusion as

room first," he

expected that she would have her own room,

with

nodded, a smile playing at the corners of

I do to you?" Daniel asked, his voice casual as he led Anya

What can't he do to

but feel slightly uneasy. A bit of discomfort

not believe he would really only book one