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,”

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

mean?” She

eyes at me

I soften it

inside,” she says, taking the first step and 1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she

to examine her first so I thought I could just keep

could’ve still taken her

“I know”

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

a quick moment where

show her. It’ll give me the perfect

Vaness

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

feel that way and it

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

way for me not to put pressure on

a moment to myself in this living room. I can only

really didn’t mean for any of his parents to come over here and check on

prevented

juice he brought me were tasty. That was just try way of getting back at him for

making him do things for me and he can’t say no because of

glad I still have others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been treating me like a baby since she arrived but

to return from outside,

was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my

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

the

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them she’s holding onto his arm while talking to him and he just seems like

see him glaring at me the closer he gets and I know he has a lot to say. I really need to clear

we’re alone.

can finally see the house, my

he

that face. You had no

both jerk our heads in her direction and she covers her mouth with a

two.

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

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

I can’t help but look into his eyes, which I instantly regret because

love birds will find me here. Show her

says, his tone a little threatening. It makes me look

what’s on

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

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