The Daring Billionaire’s Wife by Lypstical

Chapter 72 The whole family is gathered at the table and the atmosphere is filled with joy and I diamond necklace launch. - brate the success of Sophia's Out of everyone here. The one who seems the most proud is my father-in-law, and I'm guessing this is exactly what Dominic wanted. He sitting right next toand I keep looking over at him every tmy father-in-law says something positive about the diamond necklace ound my neck.

the media and it's very good for business!" "You know what's crazy about all this? My father-in-law says. "This is already being publicized by the He raises his glass, looking at Dominic with a proud nod All the food looks, and smells to delicious that I don't know where to start because there's so much to choose from Apart from that, there's so much to drink - from fruit juice, to whiskey and even wine. All I want to do right now is have a glass of wine.

One of the waiters stands besideso he can pour swine into my glass, but Dominic reaches for the bottle and dismisses the waiter. making everyone wonder what's going on between us.

"Babe, why did you do that?" I ask, looking around as everyone glances at us before resuming with their mini conversations.

"I'm doing this for you. His lips curve into a fake smile as he pours cwine for me.

"Are you still trying to s to show off?" I whisper with a fake smile. “You know i can do this myself" "Nope, that's not why I'm doing this." He leans forward and says, "It's because I want to monitor how much you drink. I know how you get when you're drunk and I don't want that happening here." Troll my eyes. He must be talking about the night we've never talked about and pretended it never happened, at least on my part, After my glass is half full, he sets the bottle beside him and says, "That's all you're drinking for tonight." "Don't be ridiculous. You can't tellwhat to do." "Since I'm the one who gets to look after you when you're drunk, I definitely can He then faces the other side to chat with Frank, and I don't know what to think right now is he that concerned about me? Snappingout of it is Sophie, who nudges my shoulder from the other side with a bright smile.

"I can't wait for you to launch your business," she says. "I know it'll take a while but I'm so excited for it!" "Well, it might take longer than I thought because guess what? Up until now, I haven't learned anything from my husband" "Seriously?" She looks pastand shakes her head at Dominic, who's fully engaged in conversation with Frank. "You know what? Forget about him. You can always find other learning resources for the type of business you want to establish" nly chimes in and I can't help but chuckle at how the topic quickly grabbed his attention, "What are you two talking about?" Dominic suddenly "We were just discussing how I don't need your help to learn the basics" I say to him, "Of course you do." He arrogantly nods 0 "Then why am i ino warring for you to explain things to mirth Hesight. Tine, Ill definitely begin the day wher tomorrow? i knows he'll want to be part of this just so he can thow off, and I'm actually curious to see just how good te Lat this, so I'll go along with i As we all engage in conversation, with small updates on what everyone has been up to, I sip my wine while stealing glasses at Dominic pery chance I get..

keep thinking about my plan and though I don't know how long it will take for him to figure it o I'm going through a lot of trouble and it would be much easier to just tell him directly or through look over at my father across the table as he proudly talks about the type of month he's had wi spoken about this before, but it warms my heart seeing him proudly talk about it again and how days off to look after his health.

want to do this, 1 know Too shy to do it Fanpuistors coming in. He's already exhausted that he had to take a few While he's still on the subject, I find out that Dominic plans to introduce him to one of the most sought after investors. This announce earns a round of applause from everyone, ceceptas I'm in chock When did this even happen? Despite my unanswered question, I'm blown away. Seeing how my father's still benefiting from this and it's almady much more than he expected, I need to play my part and I'll start tonight.

After the meal and sharing more quality twith everyone, Dominic and I decide to leave when it's close to 10 p.m.

On our way hin the limousine, my eyes are glued to my phone while I scroll with a smile. There am so many clips and pictures that have cone viral from Sophie's launch, including a few from the invited guests who had taken pictures withand posted them.

Dominic and I are all over the news as I now own the most expensive necklace in the world, bought forby my husband only a few minutes after it was made available. It warms my heart just thinking about it even though he was just showing off ve you seen the articles? I look up from my phone and lean back in my seat, staring at him on the other side "Have "How could I not see them when everyone's talking about that necklace?" He loosens his necktie "I expect you to wear it during my cologne launch next weekend." "Good." "So I didn't know you and my father had breakfast together today" He scoffs. "Are you supposed to know everything that I do with him?" Tho, I'm just s saying I didn't expect it "There are a lot of things you don't know." He shakes his head with a chuckle.

"Like what?" I tilt my head in curiosity.

"You don't have to know I huff, wondering what he's talking about, but whatever I'm just glad to see my father so happy 111 O Chapter 32 Dominic When i had breakfast with my father in law this morning, Lasked him to showa picture of Patrick and the Vanessa should never find out.

To be honest, I was extremely disappointed when i saw him. That's the guy Vanessa was in love with? Maybe it's because he's been through so much, but still, I don't know why I was even so bothered about him. Evers||| Tilk picture, Frealized he's not worth my time, not when he looks like that As I scmll on my phone, I steal glances at Vanessa and the diamond necklace around her neck. It's such such a marvel.

I know Frank and Jake used the necklace as an excuse to get closer to Vanessa, that's why I got a little possessive. I wonder if i overdid it, but anything to keep them away.

Before we even left for the launch, already planned to buy her a diamond necklace. What I didn't know was there were a few we had hadn't yet seen, which made it even better when I got the most expensive one. I wasn't going to let anyone else steal that moment from Vanessa and L That's why I bought it, and everyone loved it. Once we get home, the bodyguard opens her door and she heads inside quickly. I wonder what's going on with her.

I'm just glad she's not drunk. I made sure to monitor her every second at that table. She only Kadenough wine to go with her food. I can't imagine having another night like the previous one. After I go up to my bedroom and freshen up, there's a knock on my door and it makesget dressed quickly.

"Who is it?" "It's me." Vanessa says from the other side of the door Fixing my shirt, I head over to the door and as soon as I open it, my eyes widen a little in surprise at the sight of her. Fuck.

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