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.

face with

fucking idiots!" she yells at her

of her bodyguards, I say, "Dare get

say in unison, including the one still

five slaps, Mia pulls me away and says,

what she said about my

every word and holy shit! I have so many questions, but you're

breaths, trying so hard to

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

to 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 the hell do you

I smirk, my

not that special for him to tell you about my private

proved you wrong. What

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

the fuck do you think you're doing?"

in place as Mia continues to hold me back but I pull away and step forward, staring right into

bad you won't be able to look in the mirror for a while. I dare

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

he'd be in town for his forced date with Carmella, just didn't think he'd come so

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 says to him, pulling her messy hair away from her face. "This bitch slapped me five times!

I just did to her, he runs past her and comes straight to me, placing his hands on my shoulders with concern and my heart skips a beat

Dominic

face looks 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

you okay? What happened?"

then quietly says, "She called

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

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