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

Chapter 35

POV: Adelaide

I knew as soon as I answered Corinna’s call that she was up to no good. Besides insulting me, she was also very insistent about me coming over. Which wasn’t like her at all. She didn’t even like me.

“I need your help with the wedding planning,” she’d said. “Grandma said I should ask you.”

It was a lie, of course. I knew for a fact that Corinna would never leave anything unplanned this long and that Grandma would never tell her to ask me even if she did need help.

Grandma knew we didn’t get along, and she was always on my side. She never would’ve volunteered me like that.

But I agreed anyway.

I knew without a doubt this was about the photos of me and Damon that’d been posted all over the front covers of the magazine. So it didn’t surprise me in the slightest that Corinna would have something to say about it.

It took only a few minutes to get to the apartment, and by that time it was already nightfall.

“Addie!” Corinna smiled as soon as I opened the door.

I raised an eyebrow at her unusually friendly behavior as she ushered me into her apartment. It was a mess, as usual. I knew my father had hired a cleaning service to take care of it every couple of days.

Corinna didn’t do chores.

“It’s so nice to see you.” Corinna shot me a grin. I eyed her suspiciously, especially her casual clothing. Corinna never wore T-shirts. Especially not in front of me. She always tried to make sure she looked better than me at any given moment.

“What is this really about?” I asked, firmly, not buying into her excuses.

Corinna sighed. “I can’t get anything past you, can I?”

1 narrowed my eyes at her, crossing my arms as I leaned against the wall, even as she took a seat on her couch. Candles were burning-some kind of floral scent hanging in the air.

“It’s about Damon,” she said as she looked up at me with guilty eyes. “I should’ve told you this before you got married, but I didn’t want to hurt you.”

Bullsh*t. I knew she’d jump at the opportunity to hurt me. She was definitely lying.

“I don’t have time for this,” I scoffed, turning on my heel to leave. I didn’t even want to entertain her blatant lies. Just as I put my hand on the door handle, however, her voice cut through my thoughts sharply.

“Don’t you want to know the real reason we broke up?”

I paused, my heart beating loudly in my chest.

“Now I have your attention. Why don’t you take a seat, Addie?” Corinna smirked, crossing one leg over the other.

turned away, and walked back to her.

arms, sitting down

sighed. “He’s

my eyes. “Couldn’t you come up with something

me for a long time, but when I broke things off,

I’d seen the way he looked at me; he’d told me

been holding back for years at her, but

I snapped coldly,

gripping my shoulders to pull me back. “Let me explain,

have five minutes.” I shot at her but remained standing this time.

a firm knock on the door.

Corinna muttered to herself then glanced

But

and pushed me toward

as I caught myself on the coat

and

black inside of the closet, with only a sliver of light coming from the crack under the door. I ducked under

I could hear quite

heard Corinna’s voice, then the sound of her leather couch being sat on. “But I didn’t know who else to

came the voice of a man

eyes shot up

he doing here? Did Corinna plan this? She

drive a wedge between us? Why did Damon even come despite

hadn’t talked about this at all.

couldn’t have a proper wedding. I know

our events by overshadowing it with one of her own. She didn’t care one

Damon snort,

of their conversation but also dreading it too.

this time? Doubts plagued my mind as I listened.

Damon.

married. I just did it to get

Even though I knew he had to be lying, it still hurt to hear. I glanced at the ring on

to make out the shadow

pulled my hand to my chest, trying to soothe the wounded part of

had believed in Ashton

me. I hadn’t seen that coming either. I wasn’t the best judge of

10.