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.

of dainty hands latched onto

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to meet Corinna’s sugary-sweet smile.

would you mind, Damon?” she batted

no mind as he threw on his jacket and

little too forced when it became

arms around me. What looked like

crawled at the feeling of her arms on me, like any moment

to threaten him with to marry a loser like you?” Corinna spat

I pulled out of the hug and faced Corinna. I stepped back, hand outstretched until I felt the calloused

was more familiar than my own and the disgust of Corinna’s touch washed away.

confidently, “We will live happily forever,

back, wide eyes falling to our combined hands. I could practically

our combined hands so the light

eyes.

“Our home.”

disbelief. Oh, I

door, breathing in the fresh

few steps out, though,

turned around with a bright smile..

stood at the doorway, glowering as she

model, but you

gritted her teeth with a nasty look

smirk fell when I noticed a large

eyes had been locked on me

once swore I’d love forever. But all that

his choice and I’d made mine. I couldn’t muster even one more fake

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

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around mine as I led us back to Damon’s car.

head against the cold window as the car rumbled

the clink of

but like I expected,

at Damon, “I’m not going to

be taking that chance. Besides, you have a past,” he said, the passing streetlights illuminating

his face.

“It was one time! And we were at

did it once. You’ll do

probably don’t even know my address!” I threw my hands

Heights,” he retorted immediately.

him in surprise. “How did you know that?”

didn’t even know

a familiar disgusting “guess why” smirk

didn’t know what Damon did for a living, but I always

The money came