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

Chapter 14

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.

man’s word, I spotted the elevator easily and pressed

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

to be a

front of the

simple, much to my surprise, and very large. The

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that the

down there cause the place looked like it was a display-a

But here….

table, and pictures and drawings were on the walls. The

the kitchen, there was a dirty dish in the sink, and he’d left the salt out on the counter.

was almost comforting to me. I could see how

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

about

apartment reminded me of

I called ‘controlled chaos.’ Everything was thrown around in a way that only Damon could

the living room, Damon was relaxed on the couch-phone to his ear as he spoke rapidly into

to catch a few words like ‘yes’ and ‘no’ and ‘expensive. How did he know Mandarin? Why did

rolled my eyes. heading instead to the drafting table I’d seen when I walked in.

of the desk was an unfinished blueprint labeled ‘AD-Dream’. Even though I wasn’t the best at deciphering floorplans. I

or at least, the beginnings of

something I had

a house. I even drew silly little sketches in crayon of what I wanted

a silly dream as a kid, but the floorplan before me looked just

candy. That would’ve been

“Sorry about that.”

through his stuff. Maybe he

I flashed him a grin, leaving the drafting table and unfinished

like you’re not surprised,” Damon smiled,

we hated one another, we had always made a good team as children. We were both smart,

told him, the memory making me smile. “I know

up with Damon for the science fair,

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