The Daring Billionaire’s Wife by Lypstical

Chapter 17

Dominic

Moving further away from the house. I pick up Carmella’s call while facing the entrance, just in case my mother shows up or something

“Babe.” I cautiously look around, the bodyguards in position standing at a certain distance away from me.

“Hey, babe!” Carmella says from the other end of the line and she sounds so enthusiastic that I rub my temples while shaking my head.

“What’s up?” Though I pretend not to know. I know exactly why she’s calling,

“I hope you’re almost here to pick me up. I’m already done with everything, I actually finished a bit early so now I’m just waiting for you

I sigh with frustration, pacing a few times just so I don’t lose my cool over the situation that’s out of my control.

“Babe, about that,” I say for a start.

“Is something wrong?”

“I haven’t yet left the house.

What are you s

still doing there?

“Something happened with Vanessa and now-”

“What the hell happened?” Her tone is suddenly harsh. “What did you with that b-”

“Can you shut up and I just let me finish?”

“No! What did you do with that bitch!”

“She had a little accident and my parents came here. The problem is that I can’t leave. They won’t let me. I already tried.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” She scoffs. That bitch is more important than mer

“Didn’t you hear a word I just said?” I face away from the front door in frustration. Sometimes it’s difficult to make Carmella grasp what a situation means.

“My son!” I hear my mother’s voice just then so I turn around to look at her.

“I’ll call you back,” I whisper to Carmella on the phone.

“Don’t you

dare hang up on-

1 abruptly end the call by turning off my phone, which I didn’t even want to do.

What are you doing here all alone when your father’s already gone? She doesn’t seem pleased as she places both hands the sades of her waist and shakes her head at me “Were you calling someone from work?”

Right now, lying to her is better than telling her the truth. “Yes, was,”

She stands beside me and wraps her hand around my arm.

“I told you not to work right now,” she says. “Come back inside with me.

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“Oh, come

Vanessa needs you”

“For what?”

supposed to mean?” She narrows

eyes at me

realized I shouldn’t have said it like that, so I soften it a little. “I meant to say what does she

her lead as we walk together. “She told me she hasn’t

wanted to call Doctor Miller to examine her first so I thought I could just keep her in the living room.”

still taken her

“I know”

I hate seeing her like

further about Vanessa and it’s taking everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick

the house? Fine. I’ll show her. It’ll give me the perfect opportunity to

Vaness

I’ve never experienced

most. but it doesn’t feel that way and it

should go away in a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because I don’t just want

to be the only way for me not to put pressure on my leg.

to myself in this living room. I can only imagine how furious Dominic

really didn’t mean for any of his parents to come over here and check

eyes meet, it almost feels like I’ve prevented him from doing something and ruined

was just try way of getting back at him for what he did to me earlier when he offered me juice but was just trying to mess with

do things for me and he can’t say no because of his

the country, I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been treating me like

return from outside,

house when I was all better. I guess I should’ve kept

to explain things to him. None of this

the

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as I look at them she’s holding onto his arm while

see him glaring at me the closer he gets and I know he has a lot to say. I really

we’re alone.

the house,

Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy

son. Don’t make that face. You had no problem carrying

her direction and she covers her mouth with a

you two.

Dominic looks away from her and faces me. I look up at him again and as he gets closer, he’s actually

he’s close enough, he rests the side of his face against mine and slides his arm under my

his neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which I instantly regret because

birds will find me here. Show her around quickly then

says, his tone a little threatening. It makes me look away from his gaze. “What do you want to see

what’s

is. If he’s going

of the living room, my mother–in–law aghs calmly and it feels like she’s smiling as she watches us. When I poke my head to the side to see her, it turns out I’m right. She even

just the two of us. Of course, the maidservants are around but I don’t even pay attention

feel his

look up at him. I feel

kitchen, he instructs everyone to leave