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,” she says.

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

to mean?” She

eyes at me

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

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

wanted to call Doctor Miller to examine her first so I thought I could just keep her in the

her around the house.”

“I know”

and I hate seeing her like that.

on to speak further about Vanessa and it’s taking everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick moment where I can

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

Vaness

I can remember, I’ve never experienced such

doesn’t feel that

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

for now, it seems to be the only way for me not to put pressure on my

have a moment to myself in this living room. I can only imagine how furious Dominic must

mean for any of his parents to come over here and check

it almost feels like I’ve prevented

cookies and juice 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

do things for me and he

it here because he’s out of the country, I’m so glad I still have others who

from outside, I already know

was all better. I guess I

a jerk but I’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

see him glaring at me the closer he gets and I know he has a

we’re alone.

now you can finally see the

from Dominic and he approaches me with

face. You had no

her direction and she covers

mind me, you two. She waves

away from 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 see

close enough, he rests the side of his face against mine and slides his arm under my knees, the other

he lifts me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which I instantly regret because he’s just glaring and

on. You two love birds will find me here. Show her around quickly then bring her

little threatening. It makes me look away from

with what’s on the ground

If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to carry me

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