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.

work right now,” she says. “Come back inside with me.

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

supposed to mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

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

we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even seen house yet. How could

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

taken her around the house.”

“I know”

and I hate seeing her like that. Maybe

taking everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick moment

show her. It’ll give me the perfect

Vaness

I’ve

feel that way

a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because I don’t just want to sit here and do

only way for me not to put pressure

that I have a moment to myself in this living room. I can only imagine how furious Dominic must be.

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

our eyes meet, it almost feels like I’ve prevented him from doing something and ruined his plans.

of getting back at him for what he did to me

he can’t say

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 not

as I wait for her to return from outside,

waited to see the house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because now, she’ll make him do it.

know he’s a jerk but I’ll have to explain things to him. None of this was my intention. I just hope he’ll believe me.

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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

I know he has a lot to say. I really need to clear the

we’re alone.

now you can finally see the

steps away from Dominic and he approaches me with a

face. You had no problem carrying her

direction and she

you two. She waves

at him again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me and

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

around his neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help but look

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

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

with what’s on the ground floor.”

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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