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,

a knowing look that

all waiting for

with me, which I don’t mind at all. The closest I had ever gotten to feeling aroused was on the beach–when he kissed me so passionately that it gave rise to

with that, there were never plans

want to be intimate with

conversation and talking about the

the living room and I’m with Sophie. The two of us have already made

I catch Dominic stealing glances at me a few times

children?

just like everyone else and Sophie and I look at each other with wide eyes.

that!” Jake chuckles as he unhooks his

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here tonight, but I have to go

looks at him with disapproval. “Didn’t you just hear how hard it thundered outside? You’re

“Mom-”

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She looks around at all of us who don’t live here. “No one is going out there. It seems

at each other,

out there, I’m still holding onto the hope that there’ll be no thunderstorms and we’ll be

leave.

I can’t imagine myself in the same bedroom

to me a

mother–in–law later comes to