Chapter 17

Dominic

Moving further away from the house. I pick up Carmella’s call while facing the entrance, just in case my mother shows up or something

“Babe.” I cautiously look around, the bodyguards in position standing at a certain distance away from me.

“Hey, babe!” Carmella says from the other end of the line and she sounds so enthusiastic that I rub my temples while shaking my head.

“What’s up?” Though I pretend not to know. I know exactly why she’s calling,

“I hope you’re almost here to pick me up. I’m already done with everything, I actually finished a bit early so now I’m just waiting for you

I sigh with frustration, pacing a few times just so I don’t lose my cool over the situation that’s out of my control.

“Babe, about that,” I say for a start.

“Is something wrong?”

“I haven’t yet left the house.

What are you s

still doing there?

“Something happened with Vanessa and now-”

“What the hell happened?” Her tone is suddenly harsh. “What did you with that b-”

“Can you shut up and I just let me finish?”

“No! What did you do with that bitch!”

“She had a little accident and my parents came here. The problem is that I can’t leave. They won’t let me. I already tried.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” She scoffs. That bitch is more important than mer

“Didn’t you hear a word I just said?” I face away from the front door in frustration. Sometimes it’s difficult to make Carmella grasp what a situation means.

“My son!” I hear my mother’s voice just then so I turn around to look at her.

“I’ll call you back,” I whisper to Carmella on the phone.

“Don’t you

dare hang up on-

1 abruptly end the call by turning off my phone, which I didn’t even want to do.

What are you doing here all alone when your father’s already gone? She doesn’t seem pleased as she places both hands the sades of her waist and shakes her head at me “Were you calling someone from work?”

Right now, lying to her is better than telling her the truth. “Yes, was,”

She stands beside me and wraps her hand around my arm.

work right now,” she says. “Come back

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

just realized I shouldn’t have said it like that, so I soften it a

first step and 1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even seen

to call Doctor Miller to examine her first so I thought I could just keep her in

her

“I know”

She seems so sad right now and I hate seeing her like

taking everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick moment where I can

her. It’ll give me the perfect opportunity to confront her.

Vaness

I’ve never experienced

doesn’t feel that way and it

in a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because I don’t just want to sit here and do

way for me not to

that I have a moment to myself in this living room. I can only imagine how

didn’t mean for any of his parents to come over here and

almost feels like I’ve prevented him from doing something and ruined his plans.

were tasty. That was just try way of getting back at him for what he did to

me and he can’t say no because

it here because he’s out of the country, I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s

I wait for her to return from outside,

waited to see the house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because now, she’ll

him. None of this was my intention.

the

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a few minutes later, they both walk in and as I look at them she’s holding onto his arm while talking to him and he just seems like he doesn’t even

at me the closer he gets and I know he has a lot to say. I really need

we’re alone.

see the house, my mother–in–law says to

Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy

face. You had no

and she

mind me, you two. She

moment Dominic looks away from her and faces me. I look up at him again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me

close enough, he rests the side of his face against mine and slides his arm under my knees,

neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help

two love birds will find me here. Show her around quickly

his tone a little threatening. It makes me look away from his gaze. “What do you want to see first?”

with what’s on

how massive it is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to carry me all the way.

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