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.

smiling,” Lacey blinked at me in rapid succession, an almost shocked look

off my face in a hurry,

as she looked at Addie and then

“Oh, I see.”

want her to get hurt,” I snapped,

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believing a single word

spreading from one side of her face to the other.

done?” I rolled my

you. You deserve someone great, and I

sun beamed off her hair, her eyes sparkling like

don’t say anything, all right?” I said, roughly, burying my emotions

to hide it too long. Lies aren’t a great way to start a marriage,

for that, I thought.

to her wife, grabbing Kathy’s hand. Kathy glanced at her, both of them reading each other as easily as they breathed. I envied that about them. Hoping beyond hope that one day it

we still have an event

and

could make friends with anyone. People just gravitated to her, and she had no clue. Her cluelessness made her even more adorable to

first I’d ever seen from her when not looking at her wife.

to Addie. “If you need anything, just give me a

you.” Addie took it gratefully, stars in her eyes as she grinned at

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,

softened as Addie laughed, the sound like bells ringing in the air. If joy had a sound, it would be her laugh. A smile crept

grinned, stepping back.

she and Kathy headed back into the restaurant, laughing at one another. Their hands were still entwined even as they disappeared behind the

I turned to Addie with a

her cheeks. “I was just

grinned. I couldn’t help but tease her when it made her blush so

but her smile continued

phones

and instead of the smile 1 expected, her

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asked, concerned by the look in her

phone back in her pocket as she shook her head. “Nothing. I have to go.”

“Where?”

snapped, and I knew

to be partners in this. If something’s wrong, I need to know,” I told her, firmly, crossing my arms as I leaned on her car door. I wanted to get her to talk

at me and then at the

She sighed.

the set. One of the actors is ill.

was a good liar.