The Daring Billionaire’s Wife

Vanessa

Though I can't stand Carmella right now, my biggest fear is she'll say something she shouldn't in Mia's presence and it makes my heart beat faster.

Carmella gives her shopping bags to the three bodyguards behind her, crosses her arms and scornfully looks at me from head to toe then fixes her gaze on my stomach.

"Well, well, well, who the fuck do we have here?" She sneers.

Mia gasps in shock behind me.

Quietly stepping out of the elevator, I roll my eyes at the first thing Carmella said to me.

She takes a few steps back but continues to stare right at my stomach.

"I came to shop for a new dress," she says. "I have a date with my boyfriend in two hours. I didn't know my shopping spree would be ruined."

"Is my stomach that captivating?" I smirk.

She scoffs. "I'm just wondering why you're still not showing."

"It hasn't been that long. Are you that dumb?"

"You know what I think?" She pokes her cheek. "There's absolutely nothing in there and you're just taking advantage of Dominic. That's the only reason he came with you on that trip." I sigh. "That's where you're wrong. It was more than that."

"Oh, right!" She chuckles mockingly. "He came to spend time with your dad, that walking corpse!"

Triggered, I slap her across the face and she falls into the arms of her bodyguard, who drops his shopping bag.

Before she can even recover from her shock, I step forward, grabbing her by the collar for more slaps.

"How dare you disrespect my father?" My voice trembles with rage.

shield her face with her arms. Two more slaps still land right on

something, you fucking idiots!" she yells

at all three of her bodyguards, I say, "Dare get in my way and

say in unison, including the one still

a total of five slaps, Mia pulls me away

you hear what she said about

shit! I have so many questions,

deep breaths, trying so hard

away from her bodyguard, then pushes them all as she yells, "You're all useless. What the fuck are you here for if

my husband. You're lucky they protect you from your ex-husband. Otherwise, I would've told them to go home right now." She raises her eyebrows in shock massaging

tells me everything." I smirk, my

special for him to tell you about

proved you wrong. What

seems that my response only angers her as she attempts to launch herself at

think you're

continues to hold me back

able to look in the mirror for a while. I dare you to give it a

doing

in town for his forced date with Carmella, just didn't think he'd come so soon and right where we are. Why

her eyes fixed on Dominic as he closes the distance between the two of them. "Babe, I'm so glad you're here!" she says to him, pulling her messy hair away from her face. "This bitch

and clear she is as she faces him for a clear view of what I just did to her, he runs past her and comes straight to me, placing his hands on my shoulders

Dominic

is so red with rage that I even fear to ask what's going on, but I'm so

are you okay? What happened?" I ask

compose herself, then quietly says,

tightly as I shake my head, hating that they met and Vanessa got to hear such hurtful

to lash out at Carmella, this isn't the time, so I sigh and hold Vanessa's hand, leading her to the elevator on the other side so we don't have to go past