The Daring Billionaire’s Wife by Lypstical

Chapter 25

Dominic

It’s been a while since I started keeping Frank posted on all I’m doing now. At first, I didn’t mind because I assumed he just wanted to make sure everything was in place when I got to the hospital. Now that I think about it, the calls have been too frequent

Only a few minutes after sending him a text that I’ll soon be arriving with Vanessa, he calls me again.

av to me.

“What is it this time?” I shake my head before even hearing what he has to say i

“Where exactly are you?” he asks from the other end of the line.

“We just left the toy store.”

“Great, so how long will it take for you to get here?”

I lean back with a sigh. “I already told you it would be around fifteen minutes. You even know this. Why do you keep asking? Is everything okay over there?”

“Actually, there’s something I didn’t tell you. It’s about the press. They’re here.”

I instantly sit up more with wide eyes. “What did you say?”

The tone of my voice is so loud that it makes Vanessa widen her eyes at me. She probably thinks something happened. I dismissively motion her with my hand to relax and she sighs with relief.

“What did I tell you about the press?” I rub my temples.

“It wasn’t my idea, okay? Trust me on this one. I didn’t tell them anything.”

“Well, someone must’ve given them the information. How many are they?”

“Honestly, I can’t even count them, but they’re waiting for you two. They’re taking this seriously because it’s actually a big deal.”

“Unbelievable.” I clench my fist, annoyed. “I don’t want to deal with this right now.”

“Again, it wasn’t me. However, n

now that I think about it, this is a good thing for your public image.”

“You know that’s not the reason I do any of this.

“I know, neither do I, but hey, since they’re already here, you might as well make the most out of the opportunity, Remember what it is you’re trying to do here.”

Thinking about my parents being so proud to see me and Vanessa on the front pages of the largest news sites makes me embrace the idea a little more and I sigh deeply.

“Fine. Let’s do it.”

After I end the call, I toss the phone aside and look over at Vanessa, who’s been glancing at me the whole time.

he press.

“I told you to relax. It’s just the

“I know.” She nods. “It’s the way you reacted that scared me. I thought –”

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“No.”

leans back in her seat and looks outside the window.

but watch her right now, and it’s not just because her long luscious hair is being blown by the wind.

incident in that aisle is something I’ll never forget. I might look past a lot of the things she does, but that emotion I saw made me wonder just how deeply that bear affected her. I don’t know the story behind it, I probably never will. I don’t ever see myself

was a moment where it felt like she genuinely smiled at me. I don’t know how to explain it, but it felt that way. I guess her acting is getting better and

approaching the hospital, I begin to fix my necktie and the

questions. Don’t fuck this up because we’ll be on live TV and the

I’ll do just

“What is it?”

care

do. Why the hell would you ask

just seems hypocritical of you to have the press capture the events that are about to take

pause for a moment, dropping my hands from the lapels and pointing at her. I’m actually offended by her

to anything else, but don’t the children to my advantage in the public

you, I just find it strange that ”

I don’t want to hear it. Don’t ever question all

I’m sorry.”

mean to

to her. I didn’t

I

me off guard.

accuse me of using

drive through but soon, swings into action to keep them

to make way. Security

is opened for me, I step out first, then hold out my

seems genuine, but I tell myself she’s just becoming a

She

have the

can also spot her limp

she tries to

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Chapter 25

relentlessly ask questions while others wish to take pictures of us.

of our time, I instruct the bodyguards to

moment and come closer, their mics and cameras in our

only a few days ago and had to cut your honeymoon extremely short. Please tell us how you’re

now.”

discuss what they could possibly ask and who they would

at the cameras with her head high. “Do you really want to know how I

They

all nod in unison, eager

her

rpery was a

I can

on her chest, she says, “It just greatly warms my

say you had your honeymoon on an island, which means you didn’t

doesn’t matter to me. I

heads with each word she says as she continues to speak