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.

now,”

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

supposed to mean?” She narrows her

eyes at me

have said it like that, so I soften it a

we walk together.

first so I thought I

could’ve still taken her

“I know”

I hate seeing her like that. Maybe showing her around I

leave. I need to find a quick moment where I can call Carmella again. In case that doesn’t happen,

her. It’ll give me

Vaness

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

feel that way and it

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

be the only way for me

a moment to myself in this living room.

his parents

I’ve prevented

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

and he can’t say no because of his

it here because he’s out of the 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

as I wait for her to return from outside, I

see the house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut

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

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

he has a lot to say.

we’re alone.

now you can finally see the house, my mother–in–law

away from Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy

face. You

her direction and she covers her mouth

me, you two. She waves her

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

enough, he rests the side of his face against mine and slides

I wrap my arms around his neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which I instantly

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

look

with what’s on

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

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