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 says. “Come back

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

that supposed to mean?”

eyes at me

so I soften it a little. “I meant to

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

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

taken her around

“I know”

now and I hate seeing her like that. Maybe showing her around I make

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 again. In case that doesn’t happen, I’ll just have to

show her. It’ll give me the

Vaness

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

most. but it doesn’t feel that way and

Miller said 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

the only way for me not

this living room.

parents

eyes meet, it almost feels like I’ve prevented

getting 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 no because of his parents makes

others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s

her to return from outside, I already know

was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because now, she’ll make him do

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

the

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she’s holding onto his arm while talking to him and he just seems like he doesn’t even want to be

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

we’re alone.

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

Dominic and he approaches

Don’t make that face. You had no problem

both jerk our heads in her direction and she covers

you two. She waves her hand

again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me and my mother–in–law can’t even see it.

rests the side of his face against mine and slides his

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

me here. Show her around quickly then bring

me look away from his

start with what’s on the ground floor.”

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

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