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?”

supposed to mean?” She narrows her

eyes at me

I soften it a little. “I meant to say what

the first step and 1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She

to examine her first so I thought I could just keep

her around the

“I know”

She seems so sad right now and I hate seeing her like that. Maybe showing her around I make

to find a quick moment where I can call Carmella again. In case that doesn’t happen,

the house? Fine. I’ll show her. It’ll give me the

Vaness

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

it doesn’t feel that way and it

know Dr Miller said 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

way for me

this living room. I can only imagine how

of his parents to

feels like I’ve prevented

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

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

I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially my

wait for her to return from outside, I already know what

I was all better. I guess

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

the

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both walk 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

closer he gets and I know he has a

we’re alone.

can finally see the house,

from Dominic and he approaches me with a

make that face. You had

in her direction and she

mind me, you two. She waves her hand dismissively.

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

enough, he rests the side of his face against mine and slides his arm under my knees, the other one resting right around my waist.

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

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

It makes me look away from his

what’s on

massive it is. If he’s

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