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.

not to work right now,”

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

to mean?” She narrows her

eyes at me

soften it a little. “I meant to say what does she need?”

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

her first so

still taken her around the

“I know”

and I hate seeing her like that.

everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick moment where I can call Carmella again.

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

Vaness

I’ve never experienced such pain in my calf

most. but it doesn’t feel that way and it

serious and it should go away in a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because

the only way for me not to

myself in this living room. I can only imagine how furious Dominic must be.

parents to come over here and check on

I’ve prevented him from doing something and

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

he can’t say no because of his parents

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

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

to see the house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because now, she’ll

have to explain things to him.

the

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a few minutes later, they 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 to be here.

the closer he gets and I know he has a lot

we’re alone.

dear, now you can finally see the house,

Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy sigh.

face. You had no

in her direction and she covers her

mind me, you two.

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

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

gasp, 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 stands in place.

here. Show her

makes me look away from his gaze. “What do you

with what’s on the ground floor.”

he’s going to

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