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.

not to 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

eyes at me

so I soften it a little. “I meant to say what does she

go inside,” she says, taking 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

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

could’ve still taken her

“I know”

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

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

her. It’ll give me the perfect opportunity to confront her.

Vaness

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

most. but it doesn’t feel

wasn’t too serious and it should go away in a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because I don’t

way

in this living room. I can

his parents

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

juice he brought me were tasty. That was just try way of getting back at him for what he did to

things for me and he can’t say no because of his parents makes

out of the country, I’m so glad I still have others who

return from outside,

all better. I guess I should’ve kept my

him. None of this was my

the

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

glaring at me the closer he gets and I know he has a lot to say. I really need to clear the air. I’ll get the

we’re alone.

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

and he approaches me with a heavy

that face. You had no problem

and she covers her

mind me, you two. She

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

he rests the side of his face against mine and slides his arm under my

when he lifts me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which

will find me here. Show her around quickly then bring her back to me.”

course,” he says, his tone a little threatening. It makes me look

what’s

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

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