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

Chapter 25

Corinna was easy to manipulate. Her looks were her biggest concern, so I just made her feel wanted.

Adelaide wasn’t. She’d always been the smarter of the two.

Not to mention, she was much more beautiful.

“So where were you really?” Addie said with a warning tone in her voice when I returned home. She scowled, crossing her arms as she watched me slink into our room, guiltily.

“At work,” I tried, even though I knew it wouldn’t work at this point. Adelaide was always smarter than she let on.

“Oh, really?” she said and raised an eyebrow, disbelievingly. “Then why did Peter say you had a day off today?”

“Peter?” I repeated, the realization dawning on me.

“I’m sorry!” I heard the distant shout of Peter from somewhere

downstairs. I sighed, rubbing my forehead as I felt a migraine coming on. Why hadn’t I thought of Peter?

Of course, Peter would’ve blown my cover. He couldn’t keep his mouth shut for more than two minutes.

But this was also my fault. I should’ve warned him not to say anything. It was probably better this way. I realized I didn’t want to keep anything from her.

I wanted us to be partners.

I didn’t want to start my marriage with more lies.

“I wasn’t at work,” I admitted, making my way across the room to the bed. I knelt on the floor before her, caressing her cheek as she frowned.

“Then where were you? And why do you smell like perfume?” she asked, her eyes wavering as she pulled back from me, waving her hand in front of her nose.

It stung, but I knew she would forgive me. She was just that kind of person. I just had to tell her the truth.

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“I saw Corinna,” I told her, honestly. “I heard about her pregnancy, and I wanted to confirm it for myself.”

She glanced at the wall behind me, and I could see her thoughts drifting further away from me. The way she was creating distance between us. I couldn’t let that happen.

“I see,” she said, quietly and looked away from me.

“I had to play along with her flirting to get information,” I said, shamefully. “But nothing happened.”

Addie looked down at her hands in her lap and then at me.

“Did it work?”

the pure curiosity instead of the anger I’d expected.

“Yes, look.”

I watched her face contort from

lying b*tch!” she fumed, throwing the letter onto the bed. “I can’t believe she’s trying to cheat! I should’ve known better than to believe

in agreement. This was just like Ashton and Corinna. How they got a surrogate to agree to this was anybody’s guess, but I’d

can’t believe she’d try to take advantage of Grandma!” Addie snapped, getting up as she began to pace across the floor, her face turning red

anger.

stupid apartment of hers! Furnished it

Addie mocked the quotation marks with her hands. She was even more beautiful when she was passionate about something. And loyal. Two of the long list of reasons I’d fallen

away with this,” Addie scowled, turning to me determinedly. “I don’t care about the money, but I won’t

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her to my chest, and I was relieved when she went easily, laying her head on my shoulder with a sigh. “We’ll stop

back from me, her button. nose scrunched up in disgust.

shower,” she said, firmly, pointing to

until our lips were a breath away from touching and resting my hands on her hips. Her cheeks lit up. “You’ll have to

don’t think you earned that,” Addie said playfully, even as my arms. tightened around her waist. “Besides,

her my best puppy-dog

cute.

I do,” she said as she smiled, proudly then quickly kissed me on the

nose.

wiggling out of my arms and heading down the stairs.

I covered my overly-warm face with a hand, a smirk playing on my

you be

so peonies or dahlias?”

photo of each flower in her hands for me to see. I glanced between the two pink

a difference?”

the photos, rolling her eyes, “Men are so clueless.

flowers?” I raised an eyebrow, sipping my

with our wedding. She had so many

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grinned.

index cards!” Kathy and I laughed as Lacey turned to us with

pout.

save lives,” she said, stubbornly, “and

as Addie strolled into the

holding up the two photos of the flowers again,

looking between the two before she

there a

snorted as Lacey’s mouth dropped open.

threw the photos across the table, crossing her arms in mock anger. “You two are perfect for each other. You both have no class.

big into flowers. I do appreciate all the work you’re

must have some idea how you want your wedding to go,” Lacey said. “Every girl

a shrug of her shoulders.