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.

right now,”

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

to mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

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

and 1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she

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

still taken her around the

“I know”

now. She seems so sad right now and I hate seeing her like that. Maybe showing her around I make

and it’s taking everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick moment where I can call Carmella again. In case that doesn’t happen, I’ll

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

Vaness

remember, I’ve never experienced such pain

most. but it doesn’t feel that way and it

should go away in a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because I don’t just want to sit

it seems to be the only way for me not to put pressure on my leg.

this living room. I can only imagine how furious

of his parents to come over here and check on me.

I’ve prevented him from doing something and

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

making him do things for me and he

I still have others who care around me, especially my

her to return from outside, I already know what the

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

but I’ll have to explain things to him. None of this was my

the

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few minutes later, they both walk in and as I look at them she’s holding onto his arm while talking

see him glaring at me the closer he gets and I know he has a lot to

we’re alone.

dear, now you can finally see the house, my

and he approaches me with a heavy sigh.

make that face. You had no problem carrying her during your

direction and

don’t mind me, you two. She

and faces me. I look up at him again and as he

against mine and slides his

I wrap my arms around his neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help

two love birds will find me here.

look away from his gaze. “What do you want to

what’s on the

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

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