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

Chapter 4

“Whichever couple gives birth first will get our combined inheritances.”

A cold heavy stone settled at the bottom of my stomach like I’d swallowed a ten-pound block of ice.

I stared blankly at my grandmother’s little smug smile as she watched the chaos unfold around her. A child. That’s what she’d said, wasn’t it?

No matter how many times I fed the word to my brain, I couldn’t comprehend it. Like trying to read Latin or ancient hieroglyphs, my brain refused to process the very thought.

Amidst my Damon.

father’s gaping mouth and Corinna’s stunned look, I snuck a glance at the statue that was

Completely stiff and rigid, he moved not a single muscle, fists clenched on the table with his dark eyes wide in shock and locked onto the clock ticking away behind my grandma’s head.

“Grandmother, you can’t be serious!” Corinna’s screech burst through my thoughts.

“If you truly love him as you say, then it shouldn’t be a problem should it?” Grandmother retorted smugly. “I hope to see my great-grandchildren before I retire,”

The screech of my chair on the floorboards was damningly loud but not as loud as my pulsing brain. “Addie, dear?” my Grandmother asked.

I sucked in a breath, hiding my hands behind my back as I forced a smile onto my face.

“I should get going, Grandma. I live on the other side of town,” I said as calmly as could be in this situation.

“Of course, dear,” Grandma eyed Damon slyly. “You’ll take her home, won’t you, Damon?”

Damon swiftly stood up from his seat beside me, an impassive look covering his shock.

“Of course, Grandmother,” he said smoothly right at the same time that I said, “That won’t be necessary, Grandma.”

I glared at him as he sent me a cool look.

“Oh? Why not? You are engaged, aren’t you?” Grandma raised an eyebrow knowingly.

“I thought you had that thing.” I hinted to Damon, firmly. “That you couldn’t miss.”

“Don’t worry, dear,” he said exaggeratedly, “Did you forget it was rescheduled for tomorrow already? You must be getting forgetful, Addie.”

He smirked, fingers grasping my hand before I could shake him off and leaned over to whisper possessively into my ear, “I’d never let my fiance go home alone.”

“Of course. How could I forget,” I said through gritted teeth, trying to ignore the goosebumps his voice left along my arms.

I ignored the rest of the table as I kissed my grandmother’s cheek.

“Goodnight, Grandma,” I told her.

“You too, darling,” Grandma chuckled.

over my jacket, a pair of dainty hands latched onto

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to meet Corinna’s

just need to say goodbye to my sister, would you mind, Damon?” she batted her eyelashes like a

as he threw on his jacket and leaned back against

forced when it

she practically threw her arms around

her arms on me, like

marry a loser like you?” Corinna spat

as I pulled out of the hug and faced Corinna. I stepped back,

my own and the

confidently, “We will live happily forever, just as you said. Now,

to our combined hands. I could practically see the question in

I raised our combined hands so the light

eyes.

“Our home.”

crumpled in fury and disbelief. Oh, I wished I had a camera.

Damon’s hand tighter and took a step out the door, breathing in the fresh air as I could finally

though, I couldn’t help

with a bright smile..

at the doorway, glowering as she watched us

baby is a big deal for a model, but you would do it for love, right?” I sent the finishing

smirked as Corinna gritted her teeth with a

smirk fell when I noticed a large figure standing behind her.

blue eyes had been locked on

strength vanished under the gaze of the man I once swore I’d love forever. But all that love

I’d made mine. I couldn’t muster even one more

him away from the house. At that moment all I could think about was getting away from everyone. I thought I saw an

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tightened his hand around mine as I led

the front, leaning my head against the cold window as the car

clink of

the door latch, but like I expected, it

I glared at Damon, “I’m

taking that chance. Besides, you have a past,” he said, the

his face.

one time! And we were

You’ll do it again.”

even know my address!” I threw my hands into

he

surprise. “How did you

even know where I lived.

me a familiar disgusting “guess why” smirk and then said, “I

exactly a nice neighborhood. I didn’t know what Damon did for

Steyn, after all. The money came with the