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

Chapter 26

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.

that nonsense,” Grandma huffed,

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

Mrs. Hildebrand,” Damon chuckled, hunched over from their

him on the

him roll his eyes

No use standing out in the cold,” my grandma said, hooking both of us by our arms as she pulled us into the

to tell her it was almost 80 degrees out. It wouldn’t stop her worrying over

never liked flaunting their wealth and found a big house too difficult to move around in,

It had that feeling of

in the kitchen,” Grandma said with a smile. “He’s making your favorite.”

s’mores

Grandma chuckled.

chocolate,” Damon rolled his eyes, grinning.

I said, proudly. “Why? What’s yours?”

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some inside joke

were kids.” Grandma chuckled as we all settled into the family room. She poured us some tea, still as graceful as when she was a

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

We fought like cats and dogs,” I

were also quite close, even if neither of you would admit it. I remember you’d follow Damon and Ashton around like a little duckling after its mother. The three of you getting

me a pointed look, but I rolled

pointed out. “Corinna stuck to

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

death. Especially around my father.

died when I was still a toddler, too young

father married my stepmother and brought in Corinna

of you would have so much fun playing as kids,” Grandma chuckled, as she pulled out one of her many family albums. “This one

close to her to

We were all posing for the camera. Corinna was in a pretty red dress, much too big for her, and clearly, she had

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the funny faces we

Ashton provided the materials, and Corinna was the star, of course. It was the first

haunted bakery, but I had to change it because ghosts scared Corinna

we raided Odessa’s closet and makeup for that look.” Damon grinned saying, “I can’t believe we ever thought

felt

time when I was excited to

we grew up, those times became smaller and smaller until