The Daring Billionaire’s Wife

Chapter 14

Vanessa

As Dominic extends his hand so 1 can bring my leg forward, I sit still and shake my head.

Just leave it.” I look outside the window as the limousine drives gif. “As long as I don’t move, I’ll be fine.”

I said let me see that”

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I hiss when he reaches for my leg and places it right on his thigh making me jerk my head in his direction with surprise.

“What are you doing?” I furrow my eyebrows.

“Just sit still.” He doesn’t even look at me. His eyes are focused on my leg.

When his large hands wrap around my calf and massage with precision, I’m at a lot for words as I watch him. Is he only doing this because he might be a little tipsy?

The moment he raises my leg a little higher, my breath hitches because I fear that my underwear might be exposed to him even if my dress is long. But because I don’t want that to happen 1 try to pull my leg back. That action only makes me hiss again as it causes me more pain.

“I told you to sit still.” He grunts

And I don’t want you touching me.”

He

scoffs and doesn’t even look at me. I’m not doing this for you. It’s for my parents and your father”

Unable to come up with anything to say back to him, I look on as he massages my calf. The sensation is so calming that I rest my head against the seat.

While he works on it, my eyes barely look at what he’s doing. I only stare at the side profile of his face. He’s so focused that he might not even have realized he’s clenched his jaw.

As much as I don’t want to admit it, seeing him from this angle is just as equally attractive as any other angle I’ve seen him from. Despite his arrogance, he’s extremely handsome and that’s something I just have to admit to myself.

lifts his head to look at me,

better.” He

hair behind my ear as my heart races a little, “We can’t tell if it’s better until I stand on

try to walk.

a simple

until I’m certain I’m alright. I cross my arms, my gaze

He scoffs. “Whatever.”

response is followed by a silence that I find awkward and for me, that’s new. The two of us have traveled together in silence before but this is just different and I keep asking myself why – because of a simple gesture to massage my calf and not even because of

I look over and he moves to the other side and takes a

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look at him since I can just look outside the window, or having him sit on the other side, where he’s not close to me but it’s more difficult to avoid looking at him.

assume he’s about to pour himself some more whiskey. The side of the limousine where he’s seated has a whole compartment of

glass and says, “If this is the part where you

wasn’t going to say anything I cut

orange juice this time. Want some!”

I tilt

with narrowed eyes. I can’t believe he’s actually offering me a drink. Though there was so much to eat and drink on the private jet, I didn’t feel like it. But

him as he pours himself a glass, I give him a nod and what I’m about to say even feels awkward.

I’d like some

good to know.” He leans back, crosses his legs and drinks

he messed with me like that. Asshole.

a ruff, I look outside my window, the various buildings coming into

of them are about already established businesses, but there’s one in particular about men’s cologne which is yet to

with no shirt underneath, leaving his skin a little exposed since the top buttons are loose. With the billboard

itself once launched, will have some sensuality to it.

quality to make me immerse myself in the scent.

surrounding buildings that come into focus. It’s only then that I realize I stared too much and he might’ve

I look over at him and he’s

not. I’m just glad he didn’t mention it.