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.

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

supposed to mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

said it like that, so I soften it

1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t even

Miller to examine her first so I thought I could just keep her in the living room.”

could’ve still taken her around the house.”

“I know”

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

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

her. It’ll

Vaness

remember, I’ve never experienced such pain in my calf

but it doesn’t feel that

in a few days

only way for me

myself in this living room.

parents to come over here and

eyes meet, it almost feels like I’ve prevented

was just try way of getting back at him for what he did to me earlier when he offered me juice but was

he can’t say no because

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

now, as I wait for her to return from outside, I

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

explain things to him. None of this was my

the

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onto his arm while talking to him and

I know he has a lot to say. I

we’re alone.

finally see the house, my mother–in–law says to me.

from Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy sigh.

son. Don’t make that face. You had no problem carrying her during your honeymoon!”

and she covers her mouth with a giggle.

two.

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’s close enough, he rests the side of his face against mine and slides his arm under my knees, the

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

find me here. Show

look away from his gaze. “What

what’s on the

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

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