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.

you not to work right now,” she

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

that supposed to mean?” She narrows her

eyes at me

like that, so I soften it a

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

her first so I thought I

still taken her

“I know”

it now. She seems so sad right now and I hate

further about Vanessa and it’s taking everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick moment where

show her. It’ll give

Vaness

long as I can remember, I’ve never

doesn’t feel that way and

away in a few days at leaves me

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

I have a moment to myself in this living room. I can only imagine

really didn’t mean for any of his parents to come over here and

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

juice 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 me.

thought of making him do things for me and he can’t say no because of his parents makes me chuckle.

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

I wait for her to return from outside, I

could’ve waited to see the house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my

he’s a jerk but I’ll have to explain things to him.

the

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holding onto his arm while talking to him and he just seems like he doesn’t even want

the closer he gets and I know he has a lot to say. I really need to clear the air. I’ll get

we’re alone.

now you can finally see the house, my mother–in–law

and he approaches me with

make that face. You had no problem carrying her during

both jerk our heads in her direction and she covers her mouth

don’t mind me, you two. She

up at him again and as he

his face against mine and slides his arm

me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which

find me here. Show her around quickly then

look away from his gaze. “What do you

can start with what’s on the ground

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

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