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?”

supposed to mean?” She

eyes at me

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

and 1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even

Doctor Miller to examine her first so I thought I could

still taken her around the

“I know”

it now. She seems so sad right now and I hate seeing her like that.

a quick moment where

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

Vaness

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

most. but it doesn’t feel that

a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because I don’t just want to

it seems to be the only way for me not

myself in this living room. I can

parents to come over

I’ve prevented him from

tasty. That was just try way of getting back at him for

for me and he can’t say no because of his parents

have others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been treating me like a baby since she arrived but I’m not

I wait for her to return from outside, I already

better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because now, she’ll make

things to him. None of this was my intention.

the

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look at them she’s holding onto his arm while talking to him and

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

we’re alone.

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

he approaches me with a

make that face. You had

her direction and she covers her

mind me, you two. She

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

of his face against mine and slides his arm under my

neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which I

birds will find me here. Show

course,” he says, his tone a little threatening. It makes me look away from his gaze. “What do you want

start with what’s on the ground floor.”

I haven’t yet seen this mansion house, I have an ide just how massive it is. If he’s going to show me everything,

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