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.

Grandma huffed, reaching out to pull

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

Damon chuckled, hunched over from

playfully, slapping him on the

I said with a smirk. I saw him roll his eyes over her shoulder and stuck out my tongue in

grandma said, hooking both of us by our arms as she pulled us

80 degrees out. It wouldn’t stop her worrying

the modest home. My grandparents had never liked flaunting their wealth and found a big house

brim with photos and memorabilia. It had that feeling of coziness that

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

s’mores cookies?” I

Grandma chuckled.

Damon

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

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it was some inside joke I wasn’t getting, but I smiled at him

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

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

like cats and dogs,” I scoffed. “We never agreed on

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

pointed look,

mean the four of us,” I pointed out. “Corinna

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

name was practically taboo after her death. Especially around my father. Hearing it always made my breath catch in my chest for

she was soft and pretty. She’d died when I was still

and brought

you would have so much fun playing as kids,” Grandma chuckled, as

her

but clearly well-taken care of. It was a cardboard house named ‘Bakery’ and the four of us as kids. We were all posing for the camera.

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the funny

“Addie directed everything, and 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 something together without it starting a

I laughed. “It was supposed to be a haunted bakery, but I had to change it because ghosts scared Corinna too

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

I felt sad that none of us were this close

excited to have a sister,

grew up, those times became smaller and smaller