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

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

mean?” She

eyes at me

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

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

Doctor Miller to examine her first so I

still taken her around the house.”

“I know”

so sad right now and I hate seeing her like

quick moment where I can call Carmella again.

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

Vaness

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

but it doesn’t feel

should go away in a few days at leaves me a little frustrated

now, it seems to be the only way

to myself in this living room. I can only

really didn’t mean for any of his parents to come over

like I’ve prevented him from doing something and ruined his

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 juice

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

country, I’m so 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 I’m

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

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

to explain things to him. None of

the

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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

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

we’re alone.

finally see the house, my mother–in–law says

Dominic and he approaches me with a

that face. You had no

both jerk our heads in her direction and she covers

you two. She waves

at him again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me and my mother–in–law

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

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

on. You two love birds will find me here.

he says, his tone a little threatening. It makes me look away from his gaze. “What do you want to see

start with what’s on the ground

mansion house, I have an ide just how massive it is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to carry me all the way. I don’t want that to

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