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.

you not to work right now,” she says. “Come back inside with

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

to mean?” She

eyes at me

realized I shouldn’t have said it like that, so I soften it a little. “I meant

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

her first so I thought

taken her around the

“I know”

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

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

to see the house? Fine. I’ll show her. It’ll

Vaness

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

but it doesn’t feel

it wasn’t too serious and it should go away in a few days

now, it seems to be the only way for me not to put pressure on

to myself in this living room. I can only imagine

parents to come over

like I’ve prevented him

him for what

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

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

as I wait for her to return from outside, I

I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because now, she’ll

to explain things to him.

the

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them she’s holding onto his arm while talking to him and he just

has a lot to say. I really need to clear the air. I’ll get the

we’re alone.

dear, now you can finally see the house,

and he approaches me with a heavy

that face. You

direction and she covers

me, you two. She waves

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

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

help but look into his eyes, which I instantly regret because he’s just glaring and stands

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

me look away from his gaze. “What do you want

with what’s on the ground

mansion house, I have an ide just how massive it is. If he’s going

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