The Daring Billionaire’s Wife

Chapter 106

Dominic

Vanessa just keeps staring at me and parts her lips to speak, but it seems she can't find her words.

"Hey, tell me what happened." My voice is urgent.

Shutting her eyes, she says, "I was in the ladies' room and Carmella passed by the bodyguards only because she was in disguise and I was the only one who could identify her."

Disappointed in the bodyguards, I say, "Then what's the point of having bodyguards if-"

"I'm not finished," she cuts me off, her tone a little harsh. "There was a moment where I thought she was going to attack me with an object or whatever because she lowered her hand and in the pocket of her coat, but she chose not to do so. She said it was because she had something else that would hurt even more."

"And what was that?" I cross my arms.

Opening her eyes, she says, "She had something to say."

I shake my head dismissively and raise my eyebrows. "What could she possibly have said that would hurt you?"

As I get closer to her, she takes a few steps back. She clearly doesn't want me near her.

With a painful smile, she says, "She told me that even before we got married, you planned to divorce me in a few months."

My heart instantly starts racing as I uncross my arms, my eyes going round a little in panic. Shit!

"Is it true?" she asks.

"Whatever Carmella-"

my question,"

meet her gaze, I say,

have no use for me." Her voice trembles a little. "You planned to divorce me so you could marry her." With a regretful sigh as I feel my body temperature rising, I

was getting into this marriage, it was supposed to be for the rest of our lives even when you told me on our first meeting that you had no choice but to accept this. Now I wonder how many times you looked at me, counting

with a chuckle that

That's okay," she says. "I still know what I'm

to me. She's clearly hurt by this and it's to be

"Anyway, Mike should

"Vanessa-"

take longer than you do." She walks away in a hurry to the elevator, her voice trembling. "I'll

to call her name again but stop myself when she covers her mouth

my jaw in frustration, hating that she found

a few times, giving it a few minutes before I head

get ready, I can't stop thinking about what happened. If only the bodyguards had done their job, Carmella wouldn't have

on my necktie turns into a struggle as I can't seem to just focus on it. Irritated, I take it off and slam it on the floor, thinking about the expression in Vanessa's eyes and the tone of her voice when I was

with a few deep breaths, I pick up my

face. I have the urge to call Carmella

to leave, I can't seem to just walk out and get to Vanessa's bedroom door. Right now, it feels like

few lines of what I could say when I get

speak to her with all this guilt, so I finally get to her door and knock on it,

long you always

says,

leaning against the wall on the other side. She's mad at me and doesn't even have to say it. I make myself believe that with time, things will get better, so I wait righ in the same spot, thinking of all the ways I can explain myself to

minutes later, I hear her coming closer to the door and that makes me fix my posture as I

smoky eyeshadow and a glossy nude lipstick. She doesn't even

to break the ice, I smirk and say. "Glossy lipstick looks great

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