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

Chapter 16

POV: “Corinna*

“Ugly.”

I scrunched up my nose at the dress as 1 flipped the page of the magazine in front of me. Everything in the magazine was hideous. My dress had to be stunning..

“Puffed sleeves. Gross.”

I groaned, shutting the magazine with a huff and throwing it somewhere on the floor with the dozen others I had discarded.

“There isn’t anything good enough,” I sighed. I stretched out on the couch, wincing at the ache in my stomach. I didn’t think it would hurt this badly.

Dammit. I huffed, shifting onto my back so I could stare at the ceiling in boredom. I placed a hand. around my sore abdomen and growled.

It had better not scar, or I’d be suing those idiots at the clinic. My modeling career could not be derailed, not when I was finally so close to acting.

But it was worth it. I grinned, smugly, thinking of Adelaide’s stupid face when I got the inheritance. instead of her. She thought she was so much smarter than me, but she had no idea what Ashton and I were planning.

She didn’t even know what was going to hit her. I reached out to the coffee table, grabbing the next bridal magazine, hoping it had something that would suit me. I didn’t have high expectations. “Boring.” I rolled my eyes at the first dress. The mermaid cut was so out of fashion this year. Did the bridal magazines not get the memo?

I heard the sound of the door clicking open, and I sat up in a hurry, before remembering that it was a bad idea. I groaned, holding my hand over my stomach as the pain shot through me in waves,

I watched, laying on my side as Ashton came in, his coat messy like he’d thrown it on in a hurry.

“Hey, darling.” I purred with a smile.

“You did the surgery?” Ashton asked, barely even glancing at me over his phone.

I pouted. “Yes. The eggs have been harvested. The bill’s on the counter by the way,” I said waving my hand dismissively toward him.

Ashton stiffened, then glanced at me with a dark look, “You didn’t take care of it?”

“Does it look like I’m made of money?” I asked, sarcastically. Gosh, he could be stupid sometimes. His family was much more well off than mine and he knew it.

He growled, throwing his coat on top of me.

voice muffled under the coat as I pushed it off of me and onto

apartment a mess? And where’s dinner?” Ashton demanded walking away from me. “Cook?” I wrinkled my nose in disgust, “Clean? Get your maid to do that! I will not be

shrugged, casually, “I don’t

Something was unusual about it. Why

house clean and make sure dinner is on the

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I get home,” Ashton

procedure, I plan on going

dozens of specks of glitter

Glitter?

I demanded. getting to my feet as I threw the jacket half across the room at him. It hit the table he was attempting to clean off, sending all of the trash to the floor. It hurt to stand up so quickly and throw the jacket, but

his jacket off the floor. “I was at the IVF clinic. I was just meeting our surrogate and going over the expectations. Quit acting

“I didn’t realize our surrogate was a hooker!” I snapped. “There’s glitter

He walked over to me, his eyes soft and soothing. “This is her second surrogacy. She was just showing me the drawing her surrogate son

worth it. I was only worried that he’d get caught anyway. I didn’t care

the spotlight meant

plan, you can’t be caught doing anything.” I told him,

Ashton said, gravitating towards the kitchen. “We pretend you’re pregnant while she carries the baby. Get the inheritance

settling back down on the couch. “We both need this,

as I flipped open the bridal magazine I

Corinna Summers coming out of my

Corinna

is,” I replied. “How may I

director whether you get the part

I hung up the phone, my sweet smile dropped into a victorious smirk. I did it. I

was that?” Ashton asked as he sat in his chair, his phone already out. I could hear him typing something, but I could care less about it. I just got

I auditioned for! This will

Ashton muttered, still engrossed

movie could seriously boost my career!” I said, trying to get him to

“Sure.”

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as he stared absent-mindedly at his

could at least pretend to be a little happy for me. If I get

done filming before the wedding?”