The Daring Billionaire’s Wife

Chapter 17

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.

not to work right now,” she says. “Come

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

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

walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even seen house yet. How

Doctor Miller to examine her first so I thought

her

“I know”

so sad right now and I hate

to speak further about Vanessa and it’s taking everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick moment

to see the house? Fine. I’ll show her. It’ll

Vaness

as I can remember, I’ve never experienced such pain

but it doesn’t feel that way

days at leaves me a little

only way

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

parents to come over here and check on me.

prevented him from doing something and ruined his

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

me and he can’t say no

others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been

return from outside, I already know what

when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut

have to explain things to him. None of this was my

the

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holding onto his

has a lot to say. I really

we’re alone.

the house, my mother–in–law says to

Dominic and he approaches me with a

that face. You

in her direction and she covers her mouth with

two. She waves her hand

and faces me. I look up at him again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me and

his face against mine and slides his arm under my knees, the other one resting right around my

neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which I instantly regret because he’s just

find me here. Show her around

tone a little threatening. It makes me look away from

what’s on the ground floor.”

is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to carry

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