The Daring Billionaire’s Wife novel (Vanessa and Dominic) novel Chapter 152

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."

"Come on! You don't have to deny it." She teases me as we proceed inside.

"Hey, I need to ask you something," I say to her.

"What is it?"

"Please don't be awkward with Dominic now that you know the truth. He's still the same man that you know."

She bursts into laughter as she covers her mouth for a second. "How could I be awkward with the love of your life and prince charming?"

I look away, shaking my head. "Will you tease me now every chance you get?"

"Maybe I will. Maybe I won't. Hey, there are my heels!" She rushes over to the heels individually displayed on a rotating glass with excitement.

After shopping with Mia comes to an end, we return to town using my private jet and I head straight to my father's place.

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

I sit right beside my father, who looks more pale than ever before and it breaks my heart, but he still tries to smile like everything's alright and even cracks as many jokes as he can.

As we 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 any way.