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.

difference that she attempts to shield her face with her arms. Two more slaps still land

something, you fucking idiots!" she

three of her bodyguards, I say,

say in unison, including the one

total of five slaps, Mia pulls me away and says, "That's enough. This

hear what she

definitely heard every word and holy shit! I have

few deep breaths, trying

bodyguard, then pushes them all as she yells, "You're all useless. What

you, they listen to me because Dominic is 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 her red cheeks. "How

I smirk, my

impossible! You're not that special for him to tell you

proved you wrong. What more do

herself

think you're doing?" She grunts. "Let me

me back but

you won't be able to look in the mirror for a

what I thought." I chuckle, doing my best to hide

the other end of the hallway, the elevator doors open and Dominic steps out, running towards us with concern. knew he'd be in town for his

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 slapped me five times! Just look at what she did to

what I just did to her, he runs past her

Dominic

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

you okay? What happened?" I ask

moment to compose herself, then quietly says, "She called my dad a walking

shake my head, hating that they met and Vanessa got to hear such

so I sigh and hold Vanessa's hand, leading her to the elevator on the other side so we don't have to go