Dominic

Vanessa just keeps staring at me and parts her lips to speak, but it seems she can't find her words.

"Hey, tell me what happened." My voice is urgent.

Shutting her eyes, she says, "I was in the ladies' room and Carmella passed by the bodyguards only because she was in disguise and I was the only one who could identify her."

Disappointed in the bodyguards, I say, "Then what's the point of having bodyguards if-"

"I'm not finished," she cuts me off, her tone a little harsh. "There was a moment where I thought she was going to attack me with an object or whatever because she lowered her hand and in the pocket of her coat, but she chose not to do so. She said it was because she had something else that would hurt even more."

"And what was that?" I cross my arms.

Opening her eyes, she says, "She had something to say."

I shake my head dismissively and raise my eyebrows. "What could she possibly have said that would hurt you?"

As I get closer to her, she takes a few steps back. She clearly doesn't want me near her.

With a painful smile, she says, "She told me that even before we got married, you planned to divorce me in a few months."

My heart instantly starts racing as I uncross my arms, my eyes going round a little in panic. Shit!

"Is it true?" she asks.

"Whatever Carmella-"

"Just answer my question," she cuts me off.

to meet her gaze, I say,

only interest was to take over the company and then you would have no use for me." Her voice trembles a little. "You planned to divorce me so you could marry her." With a regretful sigh as I feel my body temperature rising, I

that you two aren't together anymore, so I can't say for sure what your plans are now. But it was shocking to find out that those were your plans before. When I was getting into this marriage, it was supposed to be for the rest of our lives

away again with a

know what? That's okay," she says. "I still know what I'm

me. She's clearly hurt by

"Anyway, Mike should be expecting

"Vanessa-"

should've started getting ready by now because I take longer than you do." She walks away in a hurry to the elevator, her

call her name again but stop myself when she covers her mouth and lowers her head, like she's trying to

hating

a

If only the bodyguards had done their job, Carmella wouldn't have gotten the chance

a struggle as I can't seem to just focus on it. Irritated, I take it off and slam it on the floor, thinking about the expression in Vanessa's eyes and the tone of her

a few deep breaths, I

doing it right can get rid of the scowl on my face. I have the urge to call Carmella and ask her why she did it, but that would just

to Vanessa's bedroom door. Right now, it feels like one of the most difficult things I've

in front of my mirror, I try out a few lines of what I could say when I get to her door, but nothing comes out right and I ruffle my perfectly styled hair, making me style

I'm ready to speak to her with all this guilt, so I finally get to her door and knock on it, with a small

know how long you always take. I don't want to be

she says,

believe that with time, things will get better,

and that makes me fix my posture as

and as usual, she looks sexy. She's in a short purple dress with a thigh slit, some smoky eyeshadow and a glossy nude lipstick. She doesn't even look at me as she closes the door, flipping her

between us and to break the ice, I smirk

She leads the way to the elevator without saying anything about my

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