The Daring Billionaire’s Wife

Chapter 32

Vanessa

Of all the things my father–in–law could’ve said at this dinner table, I didn’t expect it to be his grandchildren, and now Dominic has just choked on his drink while next to me.

Quickly, I take the glass from him as he coughs and I rub his chest. I don’t know if this will help or not, but I’m genuinely concerned.

“I’m fine,” he says to me, gently placing his hand on top of mine.

“Are you sure?” My voice is laced with concern.

He smiles at me as he coughs again. “Don’t worry. I was just caught off guard.”

It’s only for a second, but the two of us stare into each other’s eyes. My heart even races a little. I wonder if he knows that I’m not acting by trying to ease his cough. I’m not able to tell.

“Well, you had us all worried there for a second, son.”

My father–in–law’s words break my eye contact with Dominic. Leven drop my hands and clear my throat as I compose myself.

It’s only now that I look around the table at everyone else and it turns out they were all worried about him.

“Did you really have to talk about your grandchildren right now?” Dominic says to his father, leaning back in his seat with a sigh of relief.

“Why not? I admit that I didn’t intend to make you choke on your drink, but I guess I was just too excited.”

“I can’t wait to have them running around the housel” My mother–in–law chimes in with enthusiasm. “it’s only a matter of time before they arrive. We only need to wait since you’re already working on it”

Everyone chuckles, except me, but I still fake my amusement at my mother–in–law’s comment and look over at Dominic, who seems to fake his reaction, too,

even share a knowing look that

waiting

at all. The closest I had ever gotten to feeling aroused was on the beach–when he kissed me

never plans to get

with Carmella and I wouldn’t want to be intimate with him since he’s currently sleeping with

conversation and talking about the children, I know that my father will

all head to the living room and I’m with Sophie. The two of us have already made plans to go to a

I catch Dominic stealing glances at me a few times

children?

flinch, just like everyone else and Sophie and I look at each

heart jump like that!” Jake chuckles as he unhooks his arm from his mother’s arm,

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his hands on her shoulders. “I enjoyed being here tonight, but I have to go now. There

“Didn’t you just hear how

“Mom-”

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one’s leaving.” She looks around at all of us who don’t live here. “No one is

I look at each other, we already know what this means for us.

still holding onto the hope

leave.

possible here. I can’t imagine myself in the same bedroom with him the whole

to me a

my mother–in–law later comes