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.

you not to work right now,” she says. “Come back inside

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

supposed to mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

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

1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me

Miller to examine her first so I thought I could just keep her

could’ve still taken her around the

“I know”

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

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 call Carmella

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

Vaness

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

doesn’t feel that

away in a few days

to be the only way for me not to put pressure on

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

for any of his parents to come over here

meet, it almost feels like I’ve prevented him from doing

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

making him do things for me and he can’t say

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

her to return from outside, I already know what

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

he’s a jerk but I’ll have to explain things to him. None of this was my

the

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I look at them she’s holding onto his arm while talking to him and he just seems like he doesn’t

the closer he gets and I know he has a

we’re alone.

now you can finally see the house,

from Dominic and he

that face. You

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

two. She waves

look up at him again and as he gets closer, he’s

and slides his arm under my knees, the other one resting right around my waist.

a 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

find me here. Show her around quickly

look away from his gaze. “What do you want to

with what’s

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

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