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

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The wedding preparations were going smoothly with Lacey and Kathy’s help. I didn’t know the first thing about planning a wedding, but I learned it came with a lot of price tags. Too many. It was overwhelming.

“Tip number one,” Lacey told me grinning. “Don’t tell them it’s for a wedding. The price shoots up to unbelievable prices. If you say it’s like an anniversary, you get the same thing for much cheaper.”

“Isn’t that lying, though?” I asked, looking at her seriously.

“It’s good business!” Lacey refuted with a sly grin.

In addition to the wedding plans, the remodeling on the set for the movie was getting done at hyperspeed. Cassidy was a genius, and a fast one, too. I had to admit, I was happy Damon had called him.

“We’ve just got some more painting to do, and you’ll be all set,” Cassidy told me over the phone one morning in his usual rough voice.

I really felt like things were looking up, like puzzle pieces I didn’t know were missing suddenly slid into place. I couldn’t believe it fell together so well.

The only thing that bothered me still was Corinna and Ashton.

I knew how much their lies would hurt my grandmother. Damon managed to convince me to keep it quiet so we could gather more evidence.

He wanted to make sure we could take them both down in one fell swoop.

In the meantime, though, I was going to enjoy my life. I wasn’t going to let them ruin the happiness I was feeling.

“Grandma!”

I grinned as I pulled my grandmother into a hug. She chuckled, patting my back like when I was a child. It was always so comforting.

“You saw me only a few days ago, child,” my grandmother said, amused. “Did you miss me that much?”

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“Yes,” I smiled into her warm sweater. When I pulled back, Grandma caught sight of Damon behind me.

“And I see you brought your husband,” she said with a warm smile, her eyes falling on Damon.

“It’s nice to see you again, Mrs. Hildebrand,” Damon said, politely smiling at her.

Grandma huffed, reaching out

Despite her shorter stature, Grandma was incredibly strong. “I’ve known you since you were a tot. I keep telling you, call

Damon chuckled, hunched over from

him on the arm with

his

out in the cold,” my grandma said, hooking both of us by our arms as

us were going to tell her it was almost 80 degrees

had never liked flaunting their wealth and found a big house too

cozy home was packed to the brim with photos and memorabilia. It had that feeling of coziness that always

with a smile. “He’s making your

chip s’mores

course,” Grandma chuckled.

your chocolate,” Damon rolled his

the superior flavor,” I said, proudly. “Why? What’s yours?”

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inside joke I wasn’t getting,

kids.” Grandma chuckled as we all settled into the family room. She poured us some tea, still as

teach me the art of tea-making, but I was never good at it. I could never be as gentle and precise as she

dogs,” I scoffed. “We never

it. I remember you’d follow Damon and Ashton around like a

look, but I rolled my eyes.

I pointed out. “Corinna stuck

said, quietly. “But I mean before Corinna got taken

Especially around my father.

She’d died when I was still a

brought in Corinna soon after that.

much fun playing as kids,” Grandma chuckled, as she pulled out one of her many family albums. “This one is my favorite.”

her to

a cardboard house named ‘Bakery’ and the four of us as kids. We were all posing for the camera. Corinna was in a pretty red dress,

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at the funny faces

Damon made the ‘set.’ Ashton provided the materials, and Corinna was the star, of course. It was the first time I’d seen you four do

a haunted bakery, but I had to change it

sure we raided Odessa’s closet and makeup for that look.” Damon grinned saying,

chubby cheeks and smiling faces, I felt

always hate Corinna. There was a time when I was excited to have a sister, a time when we actually

became smaller and smaller until all we