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.

none of that nonsense,” Grandma huffed, reaching out to pull

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

Hildebrand,” Damon chuckled, hunched over

him on the arm with

roll his

standing out in the cold,” my grandma said, hooking both of us

it was almost 80 degrees out. It wouldn’t stop her worrying over us anyway.

modest home. My grandparents had never liked flaunting their wealth and

to the brim with photos and memorabilia. It had that feeling of

kitchen,” Grandma said with a smile.

chocolate chip s’mores cookies?” I

Grandma chuckled.

chocolate,” Damon rolled his eyes, grinning.

I said, proudly.

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he smirked like it was some inside joke I

just like when you were kids.” Grandma chuckled as we all settled into the family room. She poured us some tea, still as graceful

tea-making, but I was never good at it. I

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

“But you 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

a pointed look, but

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

“But I mean before Corinna got taken in. When

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

my mother, only that she was soft and pretty. She’d died when I was still a toddler, too young to even process

father married my stepmother and brought in Corinna soon after

as kids,” Grandma chuckled, as she pulled out one of her

close to her to

and the 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

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funny

Corinna was the star, of

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

that look.” Damon grinned saying, “I can’t believe we

I felt sad that none of

didn’t always hate Corinna. There was a time when I was excited to have a sister, a time when

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