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

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I glanced down at the address Damon had texted me and then back up to the building before me. The numbers matched, but I was pretty sure I was in the wrong place.

Ambrosia Royale was something straight out of a fairy tale. I couldn’t believe Damon lived here.

Unlike the Meridian, which was a casino built for the high class, Ambrosia Royale looked like a massive palace.

Stretching as far as the eye could see, the windows were lit up and the entire area was surrounded by greenery. Finely cut grass and topiaries and flower beds of every kind. It looked exactly like the kind of thing you’d see in a European castle.

There was even a gorgeous fountain with stone statue cupids out front.

This is where Damon wanted me to go?

Feeling very out of place, I sucked it up and took the long drive up to the entrance. When I got out, there was a man in a suit waiting out front.

“Welcome to Ambrosia Royale, a luxury casino. May I help you today?” the man asked in an accent. He was clearly not from around here.

“Uh, yeah. I’m here to see Damon Steyn,” I told him.

“Name, please?” the man asked.

“Adelaide Hildebrand,” I told him, quickly.

The man nodded once, “Oh, yes. Everything has been arranged, you may go right on up. Take the elevator straight up and you’ll be there. You can’t miss it.”

“Uh, thanks,” I said as the man nodded once and offered his hand out. I reluctantly handed over my keys and he took them gently, taking my car and parking it for me.

I climbed the stairs up to the entrance, holding onto the marble railings. I felt very much like a princess in a movie.

Ambrosia Royle was quiet- unlike every other casino, I’d been in. The man did say it was a luxury. casino and he was not kidding.

From floor to ceiling, everything was dripping with a luxurious atmosphere-even the games were quiet as men in suits and women in gorgeous dresses played. The sound of muted conversations filled the rooms.

It was actually more relaxing than I thought it would be. The pillars were carved, every inch detailed, and the floors were marble. Accents of gold showed up everywhere I looked. Gold was always the biggest sign of wealth.

I spotted the elevator easily and pressed the button to the top floor-the

a place like this? One square foot was more than I got paid in a year. Must be his trust fund, I thought. The Steyns

it must be like to be

I stepped out directly in front of the apartment. I tried the door, finding it unlocked, and

large.

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the apartment that

cause the place looked like it was a display-a showcase.

But here….

were on the walls. The fridge

dirty dish in the sink, and he’d left the

comforting to me. I could see how much time Damon spent here. I could see Damon all

I found a drafting table piled with unfinished work. Bookshelves filled to the brim with books-unsorted and uneven. There were so many, they were even piled on the floor-boxes and boxes of drawings all

thinking about our

me of when

Everything was thrown around in a way that only Damon could find things. Cleaning it up, however, was the one thing he hated more than anything

ear as he spoke rapidly into it. He looked serious like he was in the zone.

my eyebrow as I realized he was speaking Mandarin. I didn’t know it myself, but I knew enough to catch a few words like ‘yes’ and ‘no’ and ‘expensive. How did he know Mandarin? Why did

moment, I interpreted. I rolled my eyes. heading instead to the drafting

wasn’t the best at deciphering floorplans. I could see how much

was a house, or at least, the beginnings of a

I

a house. I

kid, but the floorplan before

the slide made of candy. That would’ve

“Sorry about that.”

no through his stuff. Maybe he actually wanted. me to know more

like you’re a genuine architect,” I flashed him a grin, leaving the

you’re not surprised,” Damon smiled,

good team as children. We were both smart, just in

still remember the second-grade science fair,” I told him, the memory making me smile. “I know how

when I was paired up with Damon for the science fair, but

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