The Daring Billionaire’s Wife by Lypstical

Vanessa

"To be honest," Mia says, stopping in her tracks for a moment right before we head inside the store. "I'm surprised Patrick wants to see Dominic. How did he even manage to call? I thought he was blocked." "He obviously wasn't." I sigh.

"Hmm...what could he possibly want to talk about that's so urgent?"

"Honestly, I can't think of anything else other than me because they have no business together. I'm actually starting to feel a little bad that on top of meeting Patrick, which wasn't planned for, he also needs to meet my management team to go through some financial data regarding my hair care line."

She raises her eyebrows in confusion. "Wait, won't he be on a date with Carmella?"

"He canceled it."

"What? He really did that?" She yells.

I look around at the people passing by and smack her arm. "Can you keep it down?"

"Sorry, I just wasn't expecting that, but damn! Won't that make her mad?"

"It already did. She even exposed everything."

"Then why do you look so calm?" She crosses her arms.

"Because Dominic told me not to worry. He said everything will be fine."

She dramatically holds onto my shoulders in panic. "And you believed him?"

I smile a little. "I completely believed him. He didn't tell me how he did it, but because he didn't sound like he was panicking and told me not to worry, it calmed me down."

Mia places a hand on her chest. "Now, that's love right there."

I chuckle. "No, it's just trust."

on! You don't have to deny it." She teases

need to ask you something,"

"What is it?"

now that you know the truth. He's still the same man that

a second. "How could I be awkward with the love of your

shaking my head. "Will you tease me now every

heels!" She rushes over to the heels individually displayed

to town using my private

my pleasant surprise, my mother and father-in-law are with him, putting a smile

and it breaks my heart, but he still tries to smile like everything's alright and even

all engage in conversation, I check my phone, still a little anxious that maybe whatever Carmella exposed has gone viral, but I then remind myself that Dominic promised me everything was alright and I just need to believe him. It makes me even more curious about what it was that he did because not even anyone that I'm with right now seems to lash out in

phone away, I send a message to Dominic,

I'm not there to do

my lips together to hold in my smile so I don't make it obvious to everyone, thinking about the routine he created for me just so I feel well taken care

way he's been doing, I'm extremely

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Dominic

glancing at my phone like I can see Frank, who can't stop laughing uncontrollably after finding out everything that happened with

I wish I was there to see her face when she saw how calm you were even after she exposed everything. Will you ever tell her what you did?"

have

the steering wheel. "I know and it's getting on my nerves. I guess I'll have to pay up as usual even though I'm a week late and keep ignoring his texts and calls." "So,

first time that I speak to her now

honest with you, dude. Mia isn't so different from Vanessa when it comes to being bold. I'm sure she'll have a thing or two to say to you when

in agreement. "That's why I won't be too surprised when that happens, but I don't mind because she

you're protective of her?" He teases

what? Fuck

end the call, thinking about how I'll do anything to protect Vanessa from anything and anyone that can hurt her

get closer to the