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

Chapter 10

POV: Damon

I smirked, enjoying the sight of Adelaide turning bright red-just like an apple. Turns out that nickname wasn’t so wrong after all.

“I–uh–It’s nice to meet you,” she stuttered out, awkwardly, attempting to compose herself and smiling,

“You’re Adelaide Hildebrand, right?” Kathy asked as she approached. She wrapped her arm around her wife, reaching her other hand out for Addie to shake.

Addie took it eagerly. “Yeah, I am. You’re Kathy Bishop, right? The talent manager?”

“That’s right,” Kathy nodded. “You’re the director for Noonrise right?”

Addie grinned. “That’s right. You’re the one who suggested Gabriel-”

I tuned out of the conversation, letting Kathy and Addie talk about their work. I glanced at Lacey, meaningfully, and she took the hint.

“I’ll be right back, babe.” She kissed her wife on the cheek and followed me a bit of distance away. I kept one eye on Addie, who was excitedly waving her hands about the project. It made me happy to see her so happy about something, I didn’t even care what it was.

“How did you hear about us?” I said, bluntly to Lacey making sure to keep my voice low.

She didn’t even blink, too used to my personality by now.

“How could I not?” she scoffed, placing a hand on her hip. “The press has your brother and his new fiance all over the tabloid covers. It was quite a shock to me. I thought you and Corinna were in a relationship. But turns out, you’re with Adelaide.”

“We were,” I said curtly, making sure to keep my face neutral.

“Then why is she marrying your brother?” she asked, incredulously. “Did something happen?”

“They decided it on their own,” I shrugged, not caring why they decided to do it. It fit into my plans, and that’s all that mattered. I wasn’t exactly upset over losing her.

Let them dig their own graves faster.

“I know you didn’t love her, but I thought you would care at least a little bit,” Lacey sighed. “Looks like I was wrong.”

H

“Don’t say anything to Adelaide about the business,” I changed the topic hurriedly. I needed to keep that a secret for as long as possible.

She looked taken aback for a moment, but then her eyes narrowed on me. “Why?” she asked suspiciously, “I understand your father but-”

“Ashton is up to something.” I glanced at Addie, the joy in her eyes having a way of making even the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant seem comfortable. I couldn’t help but smile to myself.

in rapid succession, an almost shocked look

my face in a hurry, but Lacey was

crossed her lips as she looked at Addie

“Oh, I see.”

don’t want her to get hurt,” I

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head, not believing a single word

spreading from one side of her face to the other. “I can’t believe you’re finally growing up. You’re such a softy underneath that glacier of a personality.”

done?” I rolled my eyes, impatiently tapping my

least,” she smiled. “Honestly, though? I’m happy for you. You deserve someone great, and I can already tell Adelaide is that

off her hair, her

roughly, burying my emotions as I always

“Just make sure not to hide it too long. Lies aren’t a great way to start a marriage, trust

that, I

both of them reading each other as easily as they breathed. I envied that about them. Hoping beyond hope that one day it would be like that for Adelaide and

have an event

no problem! I should get going too.” Addie smiled, and I could

was both annoying and endearing how Addie could make friends with anyone. People just gravitated to her, and she had no clue. Her

small smile, the first I’d ever seen from her when not looking at her wife. She reached into her purse and pulled out

my number,” she offered it to Addie. “If you need

eyes as she grinned at Kathy and Lacey. I was glad I could introduce them to one another.

Addie into another hug which Addie returned with a small smile. “I’m sure we’ll be fast friends. If Damon ever bothers you, you tell me, and I’ll put him straight, okay?” she said, shooting

as Addie laughed, the sound like bells ringing in the air. If joy had a sound, it

Addie grinned,

and Kathy headed back into the restaurant, laughing at one another. Their hands were

to Addie with a

just concerned about what the press might say if they saw you having a date

Is that why you’re turning red?” I grinned. I couldn’t help but tease

she said but her smile continued

phones out of our pockets.

1 expected, her lips were drawn into a

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I asked, concerned by the look in her eyes. “What’s

back in her pocket as she shook her head. “Nothing. I have

“Where?”

of your business,” she snapped, and I knew something was

need to know,” I told her, firmly, crossing my arms as I leaned on her car door. I wanted to get

glared at me and then at the car.

She sighed.

set. One of the actors is

a good liar.