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

Chapter 33

POV: “Corinna”

The sunbeams made their way through the cracks of the bay window; the dark curtains that blocked them out were nothing under its power.

I twitched in my sleep, the light behind my eyes pulling me from my dream. I shifted my head to the right, breathing in deeply. The light, however, was stubborn.

It followed me, and I groaned. flipping onto my stomach and burying my head in the pillow.

I had never been a morning person. Necessity had forced it upon me, but as my consciousness surfaced from sleep, I counted the days in my head.

Friday. It was Friday morning. I had no responsibilities, so I could sleep in until 10:00.

If the stupid sun would let me rest.

Mornings were the worst.

I yawned, still half-asleep as I pulled my pillow over my head, blocking out the rays of the morning sun filtering through the curtains of the window.

I sighed in relief, my body relaxing as I slipped right back into sleep. I could’ve slept the day away.

If it wasn’t for the alarm I’d set last night ringing incessantly,

“Ugh!” I threw my pillow, hearing it thump against the wall as I sat up in bed, grumpily. I fished for my phone on the nightstand, wincing at the sudden light from the screen as I shut off the alarm.

There was an unseen text message on my phone that caught my attention.

1 frowned, sitting up in bed as I opened it up.

“Girl, don’t look at the news, Leila texted me.

“Why? Did my father do something stupid again?’ I wrote back, rolling my eyes. It wouldn’t have been the first time my father had gotten himself into trouble.

He wasn’t a good man or even a good father, but he was better than none at all. Adelaide took that for granted. Just another thing I hated about her.

‘Not exactly, came the reply.

“Then what?”

Finally, she texted back with a link to a news article. Wasting no time, I clicked it, and my jaw dropped open.

*Damon Steyn and Adelaide Hildebrand Elope before wedding!

I scrolled down to read at a fast pace.

Two days before their official wedding. Damon Steyn, the son of CEO Dalton Steyn of Steyn Industries, and Adelaide Hildebrand, the first daughter of the old Hildebrand lineage, were caught leaving the Las Vegas Chapel dressed in wedding attire Thursday night.”

They really went and got married? In Vegas

grin on his face as he carried Adelaide in his arms, both

with a tint of

at the wedding dress Adelaide had on. It was too pretty for

this to upstage us, I knew it. Who

raising my phone to throw it at the wall, but

could fix this.

nails on the hard plastic of the

it

Steyn. Leave your name

“Sh*t!”

phone, not even knowing where Ashton was. Probably with

he was gone again.

to call. I dialed the number of my grandmother. The old bat had always disliked me, but years of sucking up to her were about to pay off.

and rang then cut off

No answer.

She was probably in on this too. She had always loved Adelaide more

panic growing inside of me. I

and did what I should have done all along. I dialed my mother’s number.

always

her sugary

said, hurriedly, “I just woke up and saw the news, and that b*tch eloped with Damon already! She’s completely undermined my wedding!”

mother said coldly. “She’s as

off,” I said, full of doubt about our strategy. “If I try anything more

voice cutting off immediately. I felt like a child being scolded-like I always did with my mother.

smallest victory. This is what we’ve been working towards for years,” my mother spat. “That

frowned. “He still wants me. I made

my mother said and chuckled deviously. “Don’t stop until you ruin

I sighed.

to give me an

“Love you, too.”

I ran a hand through my messy hair. Everything

knew Damon had been in love with Adelaide since we were children. She was the only one that didn’t know

made sure Adelaide hated him. Whispering in both of their cars to keep them apart,

easy to manipulate, but Damon was a wild card. He was difficult to predict. He’d always been the

two brothers.

one thing was clear. He still

if he wanted me, he loved her. I curled my arms around my knees, anger, and jealousy swirling around

could I use Damon to fix

an idea, a sick, cruel, horrible idea, filled my mind. I smirked,

to. I’d been making her believe lies about him all our lives; what was one

could just imagine now how her face would twist up in despair-the desolate look in her eyes as she realized