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?”

that supposed to mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

realized I shouldn’t have said it like that, so I soften it a little. “I

we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even seen house yet. How could you let

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

still taken her around

“I know”

and I hate seeing her like that. Maybe showing

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

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

Vaness

I can remember, I’ve never experienced such pain in

feel that way

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 me

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

parents to

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

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

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

who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been treating me like a baby since she arrived but I’m

return from outside, I already

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

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

the

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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

gets and I know he has a lot

we’re alone.

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

steps away from Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy

on, my son. Don’t make that face. You had no problem carrying her during your

heads in her direction and she covers her mouth with a

mind me, you two. She waves

me. I look up at him again and

and slides his

me, I can’t help but look into

love birds will find me here. Show her around quickly then bring her

his tone a little threatening. It makes me look away

what’s on the ground floor.”

it is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to carry me all the way.

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