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.

to work right now,” she says.

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

to mean?” She narrows her

eyes at me

said it like that, so I soften it a little. “I

as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even seen house

wanted to call Doctor Miller to examine her first so

taken her

“I know”

hate seeing her like that. Maybe

to find a quick moment where I

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

Vaness

remember, I’ve never experienced such pain in

but it doesn’t feel that way and

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 sit here and do

be the only way for me not to put

moment to myself in this living room. I

any of his parents to come over here and check on

feels like I’ve prevented him from doing something and ruined his

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

he can’t say no

because he’s out of the country, I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been treating

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

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

but I’ll have to explain things to him. None of this was

the

Thu.

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

I know he has a lot to say. I really need

we’re alone.

now you can finally see the house,

steps away from Dominic and he approaches me with a

that face. You had no problem carrying

heads in her direction and she

don’t mind me, you two. She waves her

and faces me. I look up at him again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me and my mother–in–law can’t even

rests the side of his face against mine and slides his arm under my knees,

I wrap my arms around 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

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

makes me look away

with what’s on the ground floor.”

I 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.

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