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.
you not to work right now,” she says. “Come back inside with
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“Oh, come
Vanessa needs you”
“For what?”
that supposed to mean?” She
eyes at me
just realized I shouldn’t have said it like that, so I soften it a
the first step and 1 follow her lead as we walk together.
first so I thought I could just keep her
taken her around the house.”
“I know”
and I hate seeing her like that. Maybe showing her around I make difference.”
need to find a quick moment where I can call Carmella again. In case that doesn’t happen, I’ll just have
Fine. I’ll show her. It’ll give me the perfect opportunity to confront her.
Vaness
as I can remember, I’ve never experienced
feel that way and it
Miller said it wasn’t too serious and it should go away in a few days at leaves me a
way for me not to put pressure on
moment to myself in this living room. I can only imagine how furious Dominic must be.
parents
like I’ve prevented him
way of getting back at him for what he did to me
of making him do things for me and he can’t say no because
have others who
wait for her to return from
to see the house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept
to him. None
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 gets and I know he has a lot
we’re alone.
see the house, my mother–in–law says to
and he
my son. Don’t make that face. You had no problem carrying
and she
mind me, you two. She waves her hand
me. I look up at him again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me and my
against mine and slides his arm under my knees, the other
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
two love birds will find me here. Show her around
he says, his tone a little threatening. It makes me look away from his gaze. “What do you want
can start with what’s on the ground
how massive it is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to
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