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

everything she'd learned in the last few minutes. Her own problems suddenly seemed to pale in comparison to the web of secrets

side, Shaina's phone started

to Appletown to inspect the orchard. Why have you not gone yet?" The old woman screamed,

few days because she felt she would soon meet Anya as long as she could find

just going

Mansion, Daniel glanced

her. "I need to go on

Must keep up

her eyes filled

telling me this?" Anya

Anya's skepticism, understanding her reluctance to trust

you'd like to come

that Daniel was up to something. "Are you going to bring the trip here?

"No."

the better of her as she wondered what

at Anya's acceptance, his heart swelling 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 heart, but he

said, his voice filled with excitement. "Let's pack up. We'll be gone

days."

trip ahead, Daniel couldn't help but feel Chepan 116 Most

anticipation building

Daniel led Anya

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 it soared through the

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

made their way to the hotel, Anya's excitement quickly gave way to confusion as Daniel led

settle into our room first," he said,

that she would have her own room, but he had only

filled with disbelief. Even at home, they still slept

corners of his lips as he

Daniel asked, his voice casual as he led Anya towards the

can't he do

she couldn't help but feel slightly uneasy.

not believe he would really