The Daring Billionaire’s Wife by Lypstical

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Dominic

As soon as Vanessa opens the door for me, I instantly raise my eyebrows at how she’s now standing on both her feet.

“You’re walking?” My eyes linger on her bad foot.

“Forget about me. What did you have to say about Penelope? What happened to her?”

Not only is her voice filled with desperation, but her eyes, too. She’s obviously worried.

“I just came to say she’s awake now.“”

Placing one hand on her chest, she places the other one on her hip when she lets go of the door knob.

“You scared me for a moment.” She sighs with relief. “I actually thought-”

“No, she’s going to be alright.”

Curious to see her leg up–close, I step forward and crouch down right in front of her.

7” She takes a step ba

“What are you doing?”

a step back.

“What does it look like?” I reach for the back of her leg.

“You don’t have to do this,”

“Yes, I do. This is definitely good news for everyone who’s been on my neck like I’m your babysitter or something”

When I hold onto the back of her call and squeeze it, I barely hear any discomfort from her apart from a little grunt.

kup

I look up at her and give her a nod. “Looks like you’re okay.”

She only gives a quick nod back, seemingly about to change the topic. “Enaugh about me. When are you going to see Penelope?”

“I’m leaving as soon as possible but I first

t need

d to p

get some toys for her.” I rise to my feet and tower over her.

“Don’t go without me.”

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be your

you that

you’re fine. If you come with me and experience pain, you won’t

done more than enough

I’ll be fine. We

after breakfast.”

es her arms.

“This is going to be your first public appearance as my wife. I expect you to carry yourself in a certain way. You’re not just going to be representing me, but the entire family as

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a few seconds. Then, she rolls them

H

She nods

problem just so she could stay in bed all day. Now

d her a

I’ve

out of her bedroom so I can return

open my bedroom door, I can hear my phone vibrate from inside, right

about Jimmy and she told me she didn’t give a damn.

place where I was, she would have definitely come to me. However, she and I had show up here

agreement that she would never

ignoring her, she even reached out to Frank, begging him to speak to me on her behalf. However, nothing can change the way I feel.

heart, but I at least expect

to talk to her but for now, it’ll

on all my social

her messages have the same content–countless apologies, but it’s not going to be so

easy for me to forget.

shirt and call my father–in–law. While it’s on speaker, I give him the update about Vanessa.

you,” he says with gratitude from the other end of the line. “Thank you for

I’m being honest, I didn’t even

on. I know how well you’ve been taking care of her. I even know how you’ve barely left her

look in the mirror, my

y tone gentle

have to thank me. She’s my wife.

I’ll always trust you on that.

You

u too.”

call ends, my smile fades and I shake my head at what I have to go through just to keep up appearances. I

I care about Vanessa.

this will definitely be a thing of the past.

see myself spending the rest of my life like this with

I

in my suit, I brush my hair back just to accentuate the sharp features of my face. This is my favorite

not to have the press outside the hospital but knowing him, he didn’t listen

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to make sure I look

and twist, I’m about to push the door open when I stop myself. Things are different this time. She’s back on both

loose and take a step

I shove a

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