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 says. “Come back inside

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

mean?” She narrows her

eyes at me

just realized I shouldn’t have said it like that, so I soften it a little. “I meant to say what

1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even seen house yet. How could you let that happen!”

examine her first so I thought I could just keep her in the living room.”

taken her around

“I know”

sad right now and I hate seeing

not to leave. I need to find a quick moment where I can call Carmella again. In case that doesn’t happen, I’ll just have to send

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

Vaness

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

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

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

to be the only way for

this living room. I can only imagine how furious

his parents to come over here and

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

tasty. That was just try way of getting back at him for what he did to me earlier when he

for me and he

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

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

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

jerk but I’ll have to explain things to him.

the

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

him glaring at me the closer he gets and I know he has a lot to say. I really need

we’re alone.

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

steps away from Dominic and he approaches me with a

make that face. You had no problem carrying her during

direction and she covers her mouth with a

you two. She waves her hand dismissively.

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

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

neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which I instantly regret because he’s just glaring and stands in place.

birds will find me here. Show her around quickly then

his tone a little threatening. It makes me look away from his gaze. “What

with what’s on

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 to

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