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.

now,” she says. “Come back inside

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

mean?” She narrows her

eyes at me

I shouldn’t have said it like that, so I soften it a little.

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

first so I thought I could just keep

her around the

“I know”

so sad right now and I hate seeing

to leave. I need to find a quick moment where I can call Carmella again. In

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

Vaness

as long as I can remember, I’ve never experienced

feel that way and it

days at leaves me a

the only way for me not to

living

for any of his parents to come over here and check on

our eyes meet, it almost feels like I’ve prevented him from doing something and ruined his

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

thought of making him do things for me and he can’t say no because of

here because he’s out of the country, I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially

to return from outside,

guess

to explain things to him. None of this was my

the

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walk in and as I look at them she’s holding onto his arm while talking to him and he just seems like he

has a lot to say. I really need to clear the air. I’ll get

we’re alone.

finally see the house, my

steps away from Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy sigh.

son. Don’t make that face. You had no problem carrying her

and she covers her

mind me, you two. She waves her hand dismissively.

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

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

can’t help but look into his eyes, which I instantly regret because he’s just glaring and

here. Show her around quickly then bring

tone a little threatening. It makes me look

can start with what’s on the

ide just how massive it is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to

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