The Daring Billionaire’s Wife by Lypstical

Vanessa

Though I can't stand Carmella right now, my biggest fear is she'll say something she shouldn't in Mia's presence and it makes my heart beat faster.

Carmella gives her shopping bags to the three bodyguards behind her, crosses her arms and scornfully looks at me from head to toe then fixes her gaze on my stomach.

"Well, well, well, who the fuck do we have here?" She sneers.

Mia gasps in shock behind me.

Quietly stepping out of the elevator, I roll my eyes at the first thing Carmella said to me.

She takes a few steps back but continues to stare right at my stomach.

"I came to shop for a new dress," she says. "I have a date with my boyfriend in two hours. I didn't know my shopping spree would be ruined."

"Is my stomach that captivating?" I smirk.

She scoffs. "I'm just wondering why you're still not showing."

"It hasn't been that long. Are you that dumb?"

"You know what I think?" She pokes her cheek. "There's absolutely nothing in there and you're just taking advantage of Dominic. That's the only reason he came with you on that trip." I sigh. "That's where you're wrong. It was more than that."

"Oh, right!" She chuckles mockingly. "He came to spend time with your dad, that walking corpse!"

Triggered, I slap her across the face and she falls into the arms of her bodyguard, who drops his shopping bag.

Before she can even recover from her shock, I step forward, grabbing her by the collar for more slaps.

"How dare you disrespect my father?" My voice trembles with rage.

It makes no difference that she attempts to shield her face with her arms. Two more slaps still land right on her cheeks.

you fucking idiots!" she yells at

I say, "Dare

unison,

a total of five slaps, Mia pulls me away and says, "That's enough. This isn't good for

she said about

shit! I have

breaths, trying so hard to

yells, "You're all useless. What the

You're lucky they protect you from your ex-husband. Otherwise, I would've told them to

I smirk, my

special for him

proved you wrong. What

seems that my response only angers her as she attempts to launch herself at

the fuck do you think you're doing?" She grunts.

cross my arms, standing in place as Mia continues to hold me back but I pull away and step forward, staring right into Carmella's

you up so bad you won't be able to look in the mirror for a while. I dare you to give it a try right now.

I thought." I chuckle, doing my best to hide

towards us with concern. knew he'd be in town for his forced date with Carmella, just didn't think he'd come

smiles with relief as the bodyguards let her go, her eyes fixed on Dominic as he closes the distance between the two of them. "Babe, I'm so glad

and clear she is

Qu

what I just did to her, he runs past her and comes straight to me, placing his hands on my shoulders with concern and my heart skips a beat as our

Dominic

to get my attention. Vanessa's face is so red with rage that I even fear to ask what's going on, but I'm so concerned that t place my hands on her shoulders and I can feel her tremble

What happened?"

then quietly says, "She called my dad a

shake my head, hating that they

isn't the time, so I sigh and hold Vanessa's hand, leading her to the elevator on