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.

work right now,” she says. “Come back

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

supposed to mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

it like that, so I soften it a little. “I meant to say what does

inside,” she says, taking the first step and 1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even

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

still taken her around

“I know”

and I hate seeing

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 doesn’t happen, I’ll just have to send her a text

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

Vaness

can remember, I’ve never experienced such pain in

feel that

wasn’t too serious and it should go away in a few days at leaves

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

this living room.

mean for any of his parents to come over here

feels like I’ve prevented

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

for me and he can’t say

I still have others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been

for her to return from outside, I

house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because

him. None of this was

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

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

we’re alone.

the house, my mother–in–law says to

he approaches me with a

You had no problem carrying

our heads in her direction and

you two.

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

side of his face against mine and slides

he lifts me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which I instantly regret

go on. You two love birds will find me here.

look away

with what’s on the ground floor.”

how massive it is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll

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