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.

that nonsense,” Grandma

incredibly strong. “I’ve known you since

Hildebrand,” Damon chuckled, hunched over from

playfully, slapping him

him roll his eyes over her shoulder and stuck out my tongue in retaliation.

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

of us were going to tell her it was almost 80 degrees out. It wouldn’t

as we entered the modest home. My grandparents had never liked flaunting their wealth and found a big house too difficult to move around in,

with photos and memorabilia. It had that feeling of coziness

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

s’mores cookies?”

Grandma chuckled.

Damon rolled

the 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 still.

are so sweet together, just like when you were kids.” Grandma chuckled as we all settled into the family room. She poured us

of tea-making, but I was never good

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

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 into so much

pointed look, but I rolled my eyes.

of us,” I pointed out. “Corinna stuck to

mean before Corinna got taken in. When

at the mention of my mother, her name was practically taboo after her death. Especially

pretty. She’d died when I was still a

and brought in Corinna soon after that.

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

in close to her

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 much

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at the funny faces we

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

bakery, but I had to change it because

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

smiling faces, I felt sad that

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

became smaller and smaller until all we felt