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.

to shield her face with her arms. Two more

fucking idiots!"

three of her bodyguards, I say, "Dare get in my way and you're

in unison, including the one still

a total of five slaps, Mia pulls me away and says, "That's

she said about

holy shit! I have so

breaths, trying so hard to

all as she yells, "You're all useless. What the fuck are

you from your ex-husband. Otherwise, I would've told them to go

everything." I smirk, my

impossible! You're not that special for him

proved you wrong. What more do

as she attempts to launch herself at me but before she can get too close, the bodyguards pull

you're doing?"

arms, standing in place as Mia continues to hold me back but I pull

to look in the mirror for a while. I dare you to give it a try right now. Come on." She grits her teeth,

doing my best to hide

towards us with concern. knew he'd be in town for his forced date with Carmella, just didn't think he'd come so soon and right where

and smiles with relief as the bodyguards let her go, her eyes fixed on Dominic as he closes the distance between the two of them. "Babe, I'm so glad you're here!" she

clear view of what I just did to her, he runs past her and comes straight to me,

Dominic

so red right now, or that she's trying so hard to get my attention. Vanessa's face is so red with rage that I even fear to ask what's going on, but I'm so concerned that place my hands

you okay? What happened?"

away for a moment to compose herself, then quietly says,

my eyes tightly as I shake my head, hating that they met and

I want 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