Secret Billionaire’s Contract Bride: Marrying My Enemy’s Lover

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

have any

idea what you’ve done?” My father’s fury was something I was used to but never before had I seen him this angry.

As soon as Damon and I walked through the front door of my house, it was like we’d walked into a warzone. My stepmother sat beside Corinna at the dinner table, as she held her hand and glared daggers at me. On Corinna’s other side was Ashton, who I took particular care not to look at.

I’d lose my cool if I saw that “sshole’s face now,

“I can’t believe you ruined Corinna’s engagement party with this nonsense!” red-faced with a receding hairline.

my father shouted,

“I’m sure Addie didn’t ruin my engagement on purpose, Father,” Corinna said bravely, hands clutched on her chest as she smiled tearfully at me.

“I’m so sorry we didn’t invite you or Damon. I couldn’t bear to make Damon watch my engagement after our horrid split,” she said with a pitying look at Damon.

I eyed Damon’s reaction. He paid her no mind, only picked up his steak knife and began slicing into

his steak.

Corinna turned to me with teary eyes, “And I knew you had an important meeting with. your sponsor, Addie. I didn’t want to make you miss it just for me.”

She looked away, hand on her mouth like she’d suppressed a sob,

“You’re such a good sister, Corinna,” my stepmother, Tabitha, patted her hand with a kind smile. She turned to me with a nasty look, “so unlike Adelaide.”

“Good sister, my *ss-” I retorted before I stopped myself.

“Adelaide!” my father slammed his fist on the table, rattling the dishes and spilling his third glass of red wine. “Don’t talk to your sister that way! I should’ve known you would’ve caused trouble!”

Corinna peeked beneath her hand, a tiny smirk on her face only I saw. I clenched my fists under the

table.

I knew better than to take her provocation, but I still wanted to reach across the table and smack her.

“Don’t blame Adelaide,” Ashton’s smooth voice said. “I doubt this was her fault.”

“Not her fault?” my father raged, “the press is having a field day with us! They think there’s a fight for the inheritance of our families because of what she and that illegitimate child did!”

I peeked over at Damon, but he was unaffected by the accusation. Despite being true, it was rude and callous of my father to point this out,

“Here

laid down his knife and switched our plates so I had the steak he’d meticulously

I glowered at

simple-minded to plan something like this,” Ashton

anger I’d been holding back reared its ugly head, ready to

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of her. I’m so sorry about this. Please forgive Adelaide, Father.” Despite the trash flowing

must have seduced her to craft this

on

this

Ashton’s wine glass, bewildered and infuriated by the accusations that came out of his stupid mouth. His glass

infected him with her stupidity.

considering our family’s reputation,” Ashton said coldly to my father. “Father and I are politicians.

insane? I wanted to yell

dying down, “Adelaide would never

wow, so stupidity is

said to me coldly, “you have not held a ceremony yet. This mistake can easily be reversed. You

“What?” I gasped.

my father

at

thing back as the room spun around me. Thoughts rushed through my brain in a whirlwind but only

over and over.

hate

was renowned to have a horrid temper and

me a little. Corinna was always his golden child, but me? Nothing I did was good enough

stopped trying to appease my cold-hearted father years ago.

beyond cold. It

I must not cry. For years, I’d been telling myself to be

hand wrapped around mine. Stunned, I

under the table, cold and confident like

for only me to hear. “I

the sincerity of Corinna’s tears and looked my father dead in the eye as he

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have nothing to worry about, future father-in-law. She has me

smile faltered, glaring at us furiously before Father looked

my father sputtered.

our family’s butler, interrupted him formally. Silent as a ghost as always, I hadn’t even noticed he

servants would’ve cowered, but Piers had dealt with my

madam is on her

is?” My father

is coming?

me, obviously,” Corinna

his throat, and Tabitha brought out her compact make-up kit to

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