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?”

that supposed to mean?” She narrows her

eyes at me

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

and 1 follow her lead as we walk together. “She told me she

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

could’ve still taken her around the house.”

“I know”

sad right now and I hate seeing her like

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

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

Vaness

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

feel that way and it

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

be the only way for me not to put pressure

myself in this living room. I can only imagine how

really didn’t mean for any of his parents to come over here and check on

prevented him from doing

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

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

out of the country, I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been treating me like

for her to return from outside,

the house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because now,

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

the

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

glaring at me the closer he gets and I know he has a lot to say.

we’re alone.

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

away from Dominic and he

my son. Don’t make that face. You had no problem carrying

heads in her direction and she covers her mouth

me, you two. She waves her hand

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

of his face against mine and slides his

he lifts me, I can’t help but look into

two love birds will find me here. Show her

course,” he says, his tone a little threatening. It makes me look away from his gaze. “What do you want

what’s

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 that

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