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,”

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

supposed to mean?”

eyes at me

that, so I soften it

1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even seen house yet. How could

examine her first so

still taken her around the

“I know”

sad right now and I hate seeing her like that. Maybe

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

show her. It’ll give me the

Vaness

as I can remember, I’ve never experienced such pain in my calf

it doesn’t feel that way and it

Miller said it wasn’t too serious and it should go away in a few days at leaves me

to be the only way for me not to put

in this living room. I

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

I’ve prevented him

was just try way of getting back at him for what he did to me earlier when he offered me juice but was just trying to

of making him do things for me and he

of the country, I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially

her to return from

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

a jerk but I’ll have to explain things to him. None of this was my intention. I just

the

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onto his arm while talking to him and

and I know he has a lot to say. I really

we’re alone.

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

Dominic and he approaches

my son. Don’t make that face. You had

jerk our heads in her direction and she covers her

you two. She waves her hand

him again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me and my mother–in–law can’t even

he’s close enough, he rests the side of his face against mine and slides his arm under my knees, the other one resting right

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

find me here.

little threatening. It makes me look away from his

start with what’s on

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

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