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.

now,” she says. “Come back inside

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

to mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

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

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

first so I thought I could just keep

taken her

“I know”

sad right now and I hate seeing her like that. Maybe

taking everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick moment where I

wants to see the house? Fine. I’ll show her. It’ll give me the perfect

Vaness

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

feel that way and

in a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because I don’t just want to sit here and do nothing-

to be the only way for

a moment to myself in this living

parents to come

feels like I’ve prevented him from doing something

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

making him do things for me and he can’t

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

from outside, I already

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

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

the

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

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

we’re alone.

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

he approaches me with a

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

her direction and she covers her mouth

mind me, you two. She waves

looks away from her and faces me. I look up at him again and as

his face against mine and slides his arm under my knees, the

I wrap my arms around his neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help but look into

me here. Show her around quickly then bring

little threatening. It makes me look away from

start with what’s

just how massive it is. If he’s going to show me

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