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.

of that nonsense,” Grandma huffed, reaching out to pull

shorter stature, Grandma was incredibly strong. “I’ve known you since you

Mrs. Hildebrand,” Damon chuckled, hunched over

playfully, slapping him on

I saw him roll his eyes over her shoulder and stuck

grandma said, hooking both of us by our arms as

tell her it was almost 80 degrees out. It wouldn’t

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

to the brim with photos and memorabilia. It had that feeling of coziness that always made me

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

chocolate chip s’mores cookies?” I

Grandma chuckled.

chocolate,” Damon rolled

the superior flavor,” I said,

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inside joke I wasn’t getting, but I smiled at him still.

all settled into the family room. She poured us

tea-making, but I was never good at

dogs,” I scoffed. “We never

remember you’d follow Damon and Ashton around like a little duckling after its mother. The three

look,

I pointed out.

before Corinna got taken

her death. Especially around my father. Hearing it always made my breath catch in my chest for a

much about my mother, only that she was soft and pretty. She’d died when I was

brought in Corinna soon

Grandma chuckled, as she pulled out one

leaned in close to her to see the picture.

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

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smiled at the funny faces we were

provided the materials, and Corinna was the star, of course. It was the first time I’d seen you four

that,” I laughed. “It was supposed to be a haunted bakery, but I had to change

closet and makeup for that look.” Damon grinned saying,

and smiling faces, I felt sad that none of us were this close anymore.

time when I was excited to have a sister, a time when

up, those times became smaller and smaller until all we felt for one another