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

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

to mean?”

eyes at me

have said it like that, so I soften it a little. “I meant to

her lead as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even seen

examine her first so I thought I could just keep her

her around the house.”

“I know”

sad right now and I hate seeing her like that. Maybe showing her around I make difference.”

on to speak further about 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

show her. It’ll give

Vaness

as I can remember, I’ve never experienced such

doesn’t feel that way

it should go away in a few days at

be the only way for me not to put

this living room. I can only

mean for any of his parents to come over here

our eyes meet, it almost feels like I’ve prevented him from doing

he brought me were tasty. That 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 mess with

and he can’t

I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been treating me like a baby

as I wait for her to return from outside, I already know what the outcome will

all better. I guess

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

the

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holding onto his arm while talking to him and he just seems like

know he has a lot to say.

we’re alone.

dear, now you can finally see the house, my mother–in–law says to me.

Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy

Don’t make that face. You had no problem

our heads in her direction and she covers her

you two. She

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

of his face against mine and slides his arm under my knees, the

me, I can’t help but

will find me here. Show her

look away from his

can start with what’s

have an ide just how massive it is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to carry me all the way. I don’t want that

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