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

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

that supposed to mean?” She

eyes at me

soften it a little. “I meant

the first step and 1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even seen house yet. How could you let

her first so I thought I could just keep

could’ve still taken her around the

“I know”

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

I need to find a quick moment where I can call

show her. It’ll give

Vaness

can remember, I’ve never experienced

but it doesn’t feel that way and

it wasn’t 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 do nothing-

for now, it seems to be the only way for me not to

moment to myself in this living room. I can only imagine how

for any of his parents

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

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

me and he can’t say

who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been treating me like a baby since

return from outside, I already

guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because now, she’ll

to him. None of this was my intention. I just hope he’ll believe me.

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 seems like he doesn’t even want to be

closer he gets and I know he has a lot

we’re alone.

see the house, my

Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy sigh.

face. You

our heads in her direction and she covers

mind me, you two. She waves her hand

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

face against mine and slides his arm under my knees,

help but look into his eyes, which I

here.

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

with what’s on the ground

haven’t yet seen this mansion house, I have an ide just how massive it is. If he’s going to show me

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