The Daring Billionaire’s Wife by Lypstical

Dominic

Right on my screen are the videos and pictures I took of Vanessa and I during our honeymoon. I can't seem to understand why I never permanently deleted the folder. Could it be because it was so unimportant to me back then that I didn't care how I discarded it?

I lean back in my seat to check each one, starting with the pictures and with each one that I click on, the fake smiles on our faces make me chuckle softly. I was ready to do anything back then to seem convincing to our parents but here I am today, not having to fake my smile anymore as my feelings have changed, but I still don't know how to describe them.

The first video I play is the one I'm kissing Vanessa and since this is the raw footage, nothing is edited out and I watch myself scold her, giving her instructions on how it should be done. And there she is, boldly talking back, making me scoff at how she's always been this way.

While watching myself kiss her, I remember that I only wanted to mess with her that day. What surprises me is the look on her face when I pull away from her lips. The way she looks at me in the footage is the same way she looks at me today. How did I not see this back then? Is it because I didn't want to pay much attention to her?

As I continue to watch how we faked it all, I shake my head at how things have changed since I no longer have to give her instructions on how we'll kiss or hold each other. I only need to hold out my hand and she naturally comes to me until it leads to me fucking her.

The thought of it brings back memories from earlier, when she was riding me for the first time. How the fuck did she do that? Was it all because of what Carmella said to her? In the past, I never let anyone get on top of me unless I thought they were so special that I wanted them to take charge. As for Vanessa, I want to see her do it again and again.

Suddenly, she switches sleeping positions and I quickly click off the folder even though she won't be able to see what I'm looking at on time. I then ask myself whether or not to delete this footage but in the end, why should I delete it? No matter how it all started out, this was still my honeymoon.

I could always edit everything else out and only keep the parts that show that we were in love, but it's not the truth. This is our truth and I'd like to show it to her.

The next three days are filled with more exploration and adventures as everyone tries to make this memorable for my father-in-law and they all equally enjoy it.

While in the middle of a meal with everyone by the beach, I receive a call from Carmella but I ignore it, only for her to call again. I even put my phone on silent and just before I shove it back in my pocket, I receive a message from her.

"Pick up right now or you're going to regret it! I fucking mean it!"

Irritated, I subtly clench my jaw then excuse myself for a moment. Vanessa furrows her eyebrows with concern and it seems she can already tell that something is wrong with me.

As much as I would want to do as I please and ignore Carmella, Vanessa's words have stuck with me. Carmella is still a ticking time bomb, especially now that she can't have me how she wants me. Just when I'm about to call her, she calls me again and I pick up, quickly walking further away from everyone else.

"What is it?" I say to her.

"Still spending time with that walking corpse?" she says from the other end of the line.

"Do you think it's funny when you always say that?"

I tell any lies? Isn't he

unable to take it

on her with a grunt, then ruffle my hair to calm down but it does

my previous direction but before I can get too close, Vanessa approaches me with concern. "Hey, is everything okay?"

of her, my heart racing as

down." She gently places her

never appreciate it enough how she always knows that

Shane?" She raises

"No. It was Carmella."

what did

poke my cheek. "You

thing I want is for Vanessa to find out just what Carmella said as it'll

head back to join

the calls she made to

was alright. The

talks about it

I'm so calm that no one notices anything different about

It's for this reason that my father-in-law makes a toast to thank everyone for making it special. Though I can see

tell Vanessa about his condition the other day since

his condition. Seeing him so full of life and having fun makes me want to try and I'll find a

me back to the present moment is when my father-in-law taps me on the shoulder and quietly asks about my relationship with Patrick. No matter how I look at this, he doesn't

with Sophie and Jake. "She might've been happy when she was with

at Vanessa

I

I begin to wonder. There

I can't tell if

the way she

Vanessa