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

idiots!" she yells

of her bodyguards, I say, "Dare get in my

they say in unison, including the one still holding

a total of five slaps, Mia pulls me away and says, "That's enough. This isn't good for

she

and holy shit! I have so many questions,

deep breaths, trying so

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

your ex-husband. Otherwise, I would've told them to go home right now." She raises her eyebrows in shock massaging

everything." I smirk,

him to tell

just proved you wrong. What more do you need to

her as she attempts to launch herself at me but before

you're

in place as Mia continues to hold me back but I pull away and

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

I chuckle, doing my best to

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

as he closes the distance between the two of them. "Babe, I'm so glad you're here!" she says to him,

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

she's trying so hard to get my attention. Vanessa's face is so red with rage that I even fear

okay? What

a moment to compose herself, then quietly says, "She

as I shake my head, hating that they met and

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