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

Chapter 20

POV: *Adelaide*

“Congratulations!”

The cheers rang in my ears as I stood there with a blank face. I was still too shocked to even speak.

“I’m so proud of you, Corinna.” My stepmother pulled Corinna into a firm hug, a huge smile on her face. “You’ll be a great mother.”

“To the Steyns and Hildebrands! To the next generation!” My father raised a toast, a pleased look on his face.

Everyone rejoiced as they held up their glasses-except for me.

Mine was still spilled out over the floor.

“Addic, honey, are you alright?” my grandmother asked, concerned.

I glanced at her, tears swimming in my eyes as my emotions went haywire. I didn’t even know what I was feeling, I just knew it wasn’t good.

“Come with me, dear.” My grandmother patted my hand as she pulled me into a quiet corner.

“I’m sorry,” I told her as I wiped away the tears building in the corner of my eyes.

“There is nothing to be sorry for, Adelaide,” my grandmother said sternly but softly. She brushed away the hair from my face, a smile pulling at her aging eyes. “It may seem like Corinna has everything now, but love is the real prize. That’s all I ever wanted for you.”

Love? Did she mean love with Damon?

“Thank you, Grandma,” I smiled, laying my head on her shoulder. I felt warm inside but also worried.

I thought I had been in love with Ashton, but he screwed me over in the worst way possible.

And Damon…

I wasn’t even sure what I was feeling. Even if I was falling in love with him, which I didn’t want to admit in the slightest, there was no guarantee he felt the same way.

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He didn’t need the inheritance, and he never would. So why did he marry me? To get back at Corinna or…..

I sighed, wrapping my arm around myself. Why did my life have to be so complicated? A few months ago, I had everything figured out. It all came crashing down in one day!

“Grandma, I’m gonna go home. Is that okay?” I asked.

“Of course, dear. It was so nice to see you,” she said as she brought me into a hug, wrapping me tightly, and I smiled, happy to have this little bit of comfort.

home safe, okay?” she said and smiled

my eyes.

Home.

woken up in this morning. I decided not to think about how quickly I’d adopted that as my home, I’d had enough thinking for the

smiled,

the crowd of people. Despite how happy they looked on the inside, I knew them both

plastic as dolls. This was all for show, even if they were pregnant.

over at me, and our eyes met. His intense glare bore into me, and I

had loved him once, but I didn’t anymore.

now.

said goodbye to my feelings for Ashton for good.

to my car, my phone started to ring.

“Hello?”

“Howdy, Addie!”

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“What are you calling

called me unless there was a big issue. That was the last thing

from the set?” Cassidy asked in his southern drawl. “Cause we need the approval of

mean.”

Damon visited our set. He’d pointed out a few flaws and said somebody would come by. I didn’t realize

this,” I sighed, rubbing my temple. “Our budget’s

I could hear Cassidy’s grin from here. “All been

rolled my eyes, already

here in about ten?”

said

Work never ends.

practically paid for Cassidy to

thing, but I had to gently tell him that I was not going to spend two months rebuilding the whole set from the ground up.

Cassidy was a sweet guy who only wanted to help and was

and I was exhausted. I silently cursed Damon and his over-the-top way of

nice as it was, it left me with a bunch of work. Work I did not want

the tent, not quite ready to go back

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more free donuts

jelly one when someone else took it from

jelly-filled,” Jenna said as she took a

met at the Mexican restaurant the other day-who was married to Lacey-was right next

again, Adelaide,” Kathy smiled.

I realized how that sounded. “Not that I don’t want

hanging out and finishing some work at the same time. Would you like to have drinks with me and Lacey later? She’s been begging for me to invite you out,” Kathy rolled her eyes, but I could see the fondness in

couldn’t help but want that too.

laughed. “I could use a little