The Daring Billionaire’s Wife by Lypstical

Dominic

It's been a few days now since my mother transferred those shares to me and I still can't get over it.

After what happened that same day with Vanessa and Uncle Jerry, I couldn't really go out and celebrate as that would've been insensitive of me, which is why I decided to wait until Saturday and the day is finally here.

Usually, I'd be doing this in the evening but I thought Frank and I would start early, which is why we're already having a heavy feast at his restaurant and it's only 9 in the morning.

After sipping from his glass, he says, "You know, it's crazy how you already spoke to your dad so you could work less but you now have more shares to focus on."

I smile at him. "That's no big deal. I'll find a way to handle it because honestly, this is the best gift ever. Vanessa can have all the estates possible but for me, this is better."

"I've been meaning to ask you this. How did Jake and Sophie feel about this?"

"They wholeheartedly congratulated me." I proudly chuckle.

"Wow, that's cool. I didn't expect that since that's your mom's most important company."

"My siblings know when to fight for what they believe also belongs to them. I haven't seen any of that so far, so we're good."

He nods, stroking his chin. "Hmm... I wonder what you'll get me for my birthday this upcoming weekend."

"You really want me to tell you?"

"Usually, I like my surprises to just be surprises, but I'm curious as hell, so tell me."

I lean forward and say. "You're getting a handshake from me."

He looks away, shaking his head with a scoff. "Don't you dare try that shit with me because your birthday's next month!"

"That doesn't change my mind at all," I reply to him, looking down at my phone to reply to Vanessa's text.

As Frank goes on to talk about a few memories from last year's birthdays and I throw in a few moments of my own just to mock him, my enthusiasm fades at the notification at the top of my screen from the gossip sight, making my eyes widen.

"Dude, is everything okay?" he asks, noticing that I can't stop looking at the screen.

"Fuck!" I whisper, ruffling my hair.

Ever since the first article, I decided to keep a close eye on the website and for a moment, it seemed they wouldn't post anything about it, but I was wrong.

my heart races with rage at Carmella's nerve

since I thought of something I could do to stop her from revealing our identities, I haven't been able to

reading the article all the way to the end, I give my phone to Frank,

head. "That's how it went down

important thing

with your head now. That's why she didn't want to pick up your calls. She wanted to wait for this. What are you going

"Whoa, take it easy."

think that's fucking possible right now?"

if you break the

my phone beeps and my hope is that it's Carmella, but it's just a message from Patrick, reminding me of the time

slide my phone across

you need to calm down before you break your

up taking out my frustration on Patrick this afternoon

without this, I know you already plan on being competitive, but

in which I was extremely competitive but all I can do is think about my next move with Carmella. Suddenly, my phone rings again and this time, it's

aren't too many people present,

the hell have you been ignoring

me?" She snickers. "A new

already read that

That means you've been monitoring the website. Did you like

my hand, trying so hard not to squeeze it

just looks on, gesturing to me with his hand

know what my favorite part was?" she asks. "It was about giving the account of how I was

sneer. "The next time you give out

you trying to get on

talk about stuff concerning how we broke up for the next article think just might reveal the names. That will change everything for

you dare," I

into laughter. "Oh, babe, there's nothing that can

at this moment is how my parents reacted to the previous article, giving me an idea of what I should expect. I could lose everything and I don't want that. With that in mind, I take a deep breath and say,

thought you'd never ask. I'll

you're going to fly

"You

forget about me

myself that I can't mess

I say