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 the button to the top floor-the 12th. I

got paid in a year. Must be his trust fund, I thought. The Steyns were filthy rich after all.

be a trust fund baby, I

directly in front of the apartment.

very large. The flooring was the same marble, but

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air to the apartment that the downstairs just didn’t have.

to touch anything down there cause the place looked like

But here….

on the walls. The fridge had magnets on it

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

that was almost comforting to me. I could see how much time Damon spent here. I could see Damon

the open windows, I found a drafting table piled with unfinished work. Bookshelves filled to the brim with books-unsorted and uneven. There

about

reminded me of when we were

room had always been what I called ‘controlled chaos.’ Everything was thrown around in a way that only Damon could find things. Cleaning it up, however, was the one thing he hated more

couch-phone to his ear as he spoke rapidly

Mandarin. I didn’t know it myself, but I knew enough to

a finger. Give him a moment, I interpreted. I rolled my eyes. heading instead to the drafting table I’d seen

I wasn’t the best at deciphering floorplans. I could see how much love and attention had been put

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

was like something I

used to claim as a child that I wanted my husband to build me a house. I even drew silly little sketches in crayon of what I wanted the house

a kid, but the floorplan before me looked just

of candy. That would’ve

“Sorry about that.”

even caring that I was no through his stuff. Maybe he actually wanted. me to know more about

a grin, leaving the drafting table and unfinished

like you’re not surprised,” Damon smiled, crossing his

we had always made a good team as children. We were both smart, just in different ways.

the memory making me smile. “I know how smart you are,

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

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