The Billionaire's Mistake (Anya and Daniel)

Chapter 24: Telling him everything.

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“Hey, Anya,” Mary’s voice came through the phone, slightly muffled. “I’ve got so news. I spoke to my contacts at Steele Bank, and they’ve agreed to help us move the money soon.”

Anya’s eyes lit up, a look of realization crossing her mind as she l sigh of relief. “That’s fantastic, Mary. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me.”

Mary chuckled. “It’s no problem, Anya. It was just a few phone calls. But hey, are you okay? Last time we talked, you seemed to have started quarreling with him, your husband, are you okay? He did not hurt you, did he?”

Anya hesitated for a moment, exchanging a quick glance with Daniel before answering. “I’m fine, Mary, really. Just a lot on my mind, you know how it is.”

Mary seemed satisfied with her answer. “Alright, if you say so. Oh, by the way, has been to the Middle East on a personal visit?”

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Anya’s eyebrows jumped into her hairline at the sudden change in topic. She glanced at Daniel again, who raised an eyebrow in return. “Obviously, he probably has. Daniel and his family travel a lot for work, Why do you

you ask?”

When Daniel heard his name mentioned, he frowned. Something about the way Anya answered this person was disingenuous.

“Mary hesitated for a moment before answering. “I met someone who claimed to have been in the Middle East with Daniel on the 8th of March this

year.

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Anya’s eyes are still on Daniel in front of her, a small smile rearing to slip from her lips. ” Really? That’s strange. He had a work trip with some investors almost all of March, but he traveled between Asia and Europe a lot then, I wouldn’t really remember.” Anya was glad she had found this out during a family gathering when Daniel was absent.

Mary brushed it off. “Hmm, must have been a mistake then. Anyway, I’ll let you get back to your day. Take care, Anya.”

“Thanks, Mary. You too.” Anya hung up the phone, a frown forming on her face. She turned to Daniel, who was watching her with a frown.

There are many tipping points in a game, and there are only two options on which way to fall. To your doom or to victory. Anya considered a lot while staring at Daniel this very moment. She was at a tipping point. She had no choice but to choose.

“You want to know who that was?” Anya asked, and Daniel raised a brow. “You know the answer, but the answer is also wrong.”

Daniel slowly let go of her arm, a puzzled look on his face. “Mary, s friend of Lena.”

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Anya nodded, “Mary, an agent of the Federal Investigative Unit, pretending to be my friend through Lena for almost a year to gather evidence on the Shaw family,” Anya answered and

Daniel froze.

There is a certain beauty to the decision. It is assumed that one truly deliberates and makes choices. This is one of the greatest lies one could ever tell one’s self. One is easily deceived to think they truly think about something and come to a decision. Her ing. What one

ultimately decides can only fall into the range of what they think possible, or worse, what they think possible for them..

As Anya stared at Daniel, she wondered what he considered possible when faced with the fact that your wife has been communicating with federal agents all these while.

“When did you find out?” he asked tensely.

“This morning,” she answered.

“You said she is investigating us, on what grounds?” he asked.

“Communicating, funding and trading with terrorist groups in the middle east,” she answered and his eyes went cold.

“Even a little research would solve this matter, no need to investigate for a year,” he answered.

“Unless someone is fanning the flames, Producing evidence of constant money transfers, communication and even gifts handed to the Shaw family from terrorists.” she said, glancing at the gift box on the table at the corner of her cabin. His face went deadly pale at this point.. She was not naive, she knew what came next at this point. Even when one thinks there are many choices, the more variables that keep getting piled onto the problem, the smaller the options.

“Who is doing it?” he asked dangerously. The question finally came. His options for decisions had narrowed down to two. Help her, or destroy her.

“Lena,” she answered and he walked back slowly and took a seat on the couch in the living room attached to her room.

The two of them sat in silence for a moment, gontemplating the implications of Mary’s phone call. The gentle hum of the ship’s engine filled the air once more, a stark contrast to the unease that now hung between them.

The sun poured in through the windows, casting a warm glow over Anya’s room as she sat opposite him and the two of them held each other’s gaze in silence for a full minute.

She thought he would not believe her but his next words shocked her.

“How much evidence are we talking about?” Daniel asked.

“You do not suspect I have something to do with it?” she asked with raised brows.

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“I know enough about you to know that you are stupidly trusting. It is easy for you to trust a stranger and sell me in the process,” he said.

His words made her laugh. He had hit the nail on the head. She was stupidly trusting.

“Just as you are telling me without any precaution,” he said, “What if I blamed it all on you? What if I made you take the fall? If I am not wrong, a lot of the with us has been through you. Would you not be the perfect victin pale. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

terrorists‘ interaction

asked and she turned

He was right. Both Lena and his family would feel so. She was the perfect person to take the fall. Why had she not thought of this?

“True. I am stupidly trusting,” she mocked herself. Her tone, disturbed him quite a bit.

“I was wrong, it is that people are not worthy of your trust,” he corrected himself. His words. amused her greatly. She could tell he meant to console her.

“So, how much evidence are we talking about?” he asked.

“The gift, the bank account you had discovered a while ago and me,” she answered.

“The gift?” he asked.

“My mother asked me to hand it over to your father. But for some reason it was kept here and Lena knew it was here. That means the takedown of the Shaw family would happen tonight. Everything will point to me,” she answered.

“The bank account?” he asked.

“Lena recommended the bank and the accountant. It was a personal account I had signed for, but the documents have your name on it. It is not clear how she did it,” she answered.

“What was the account used for?” he asked.

“Money would enter from unknown sources and leave to unknown sources for a year now.”

“I am guessing that these unknown sources would be traced back to the Middle East then,” he muttered. She was quite taken aback by how calm he was being about the entire thing. But this was the trait that attracted her to him.

“So, since this morning, what have you been doing?” he asked.

“Creating suspicion,” she answered and he raised a brow.

“You are thinking the matter is too far gone to solve so you are cracking holes?” he asked.

Daniel had to admit that he was impressed. She talked clearly, producing a clear line of thought. He could not help staring as she talked. He realized she and Selene did not look that alike. The green in her eyes were deeper than Selene.

Chappé 25 Her plan.