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.

right now,” she says. “Come back inside with me.

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

that supposed to mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

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

Miller to examine her first so I thought

her around the

“I know”

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

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

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

Vaness

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

it doesn’t feel that way and it

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

only way for me not to put

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

of his parents to come over here and check on me.

prevented him from doing

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

thought of making him do things for me and he can’t

my father couldn’t make it here because he’s out of the country, I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially my

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

could’ve waited to see the house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept

him. None of this

the

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holding onto his arm while talking to him and he just

he has a lot to say. I really need to clear the air. I’ll get the

we’re alone.

finally see the house,

Dominic and he approaches me with

face. You had

direction and she

me, you two. She

Dominic looks away from her and faces me. I look up at him again and as he gets

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

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

You two love birds will find me here.

his tone a little threatening. It makes me look away

with what’s on the ground floor.”

is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to carry me all the

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