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.

work right now,” she says.

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

to mean?” She

eyes at me

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

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 let

so

her around

“I know”

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

I need 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 long as I can remember, I’ve never

but it doesn’t feel that way

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 nothing-

only way for me

in this living room. I can

mean for any of his parents

eyes meet, it almost feels like I’ve prevented him from doing something and

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

thought of making him do things for me and he can’t

who care around me,

her to return from outside, I already know what the

when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut

to him. None of this was my intention. I just hope he’ll

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 just seems like he doesn’t even want to be

glaring at me the closer he gets and I know he has a

we’re alone.

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

steps away from Dominic and he approaches

face. You had no problem carrying her

both jerk our heads in her direction and she

two. She waves her

from her and faces me. I look up at him again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me and my mother–in–law can’t even see

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

me, I can’t help but look into

me here. Show her around quickly then bring her

a little threatening. It makes me look away from his gaze. “What do you want to see

with what’s on the ground

though 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 carry me all the way. I don’t want

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