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

and switched our

can cut my own steak! I glowered at him as he leaned back

to plan something like this,” Ashton

holding back reared its ugly head,

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sorry about this. Please forgive Adelaide,

craft this plan,” Ashton

on

By this “sshole?

the accusations that came out of his stupid mouth. His glass was still full

must’ve infected

coldly to my father. “Father and I are politicians. This could influence the

insane? I wanted to yell at my

dying down, “Adelaide would never do this on her own.

so stupidity is

said to me coldly, “you have not held a ceremony yet. This mistake can easily be reversed. You will annul the license and marry the man I have chosen for

“What?” I gasped.

third wife,” my father said, with no room for negotiation in

Corinna looked shocked at my

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

over and over.

hate me that

was sixty years old and a notorious “sshole. Though successful, he was renowned to

to care for me a little. Corinna

to appease my cold-hearted

this was beyond cold. It

tears sprang to my eyes. But I couldn’t. I mustn’t. I must not cry. For years, I’d been telling

mine. Stunned, I turned

and confident like everything

whispered for only me

of Corinna’s tears and looked my father dead

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

furiously before Father looked her way and returned to

dare-” my father

our family’s butler, interrupted him formally. Silent as a ghost

is it?” my father snapped. Most of the servants would’ve cowered, but

on

is?” My

is coming? Why?”

Corinna

and Tabitha brought out her compact

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