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,” she says. “Come

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

to mean?” She narrows her

eyes at me

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

the first step and 1 follow her lead as we walk

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

her around the house.”

“I know”

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

Vanessa 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

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

Vaness

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

but it doesn’t feel that way and

serious and it should go away in a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because I don’t just want

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

living room. I can

didn’t mean for any of his parents to come over here and check on me.

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

him for what he did to me earlier when

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

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

wait for her to return from outside,

to see the house when I was all better. I guess

him. None of

the

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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 want to be here.

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

we’re alone.

see the house, my mother–in–law

away from Dominic and he approaches

face. You had no problem carrying

jerk our heads in her direction and

two. She waves

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

enough, he rests the side of his face against mine and slides his

he lifts me, I can’t help

will find me here. Show

a little threatening. It makes me look away from

start with what’s on the ground

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

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