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 her arms. Two more slaps still land

something, you fucking idiots!" she yells at her

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

they say in unison, including the one still

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

hear what she said

holy shit! I have so many questions, but

few deep breaths, trying so hard to

pushes them all as she yells, "You're all useless. What the fuck are you here for if you can't even do one thing

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 know

tells me everything." I smirk, my

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

wrong. What more do

response only angers her as she attempts to launch herself

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

my arms, standing in place as Mia continues to hold me

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

what I thought." I chuckle, doing my

out, running towards us with concern. knew he'd be in town for his forced date with Carmella, just

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

Dominic

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

okay? What happened?"

a moment to compose herself, then quietly

eyes 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