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.

gritted my teeth, turned away, and walked back to her.

crossed my arms, sitting down

“He’s just using you.”

“Couldn’t you come up

Corinna insisted. “Damon’s been in love with me for a long time, but when I broke things off, he got upset. He’s using you to

me; he’d told

I’d been holding back for years at

snapped coldly, getting to

to pull me back.

shot at

as she opened her mouth, ready to explain, there was a firm knock on the door. Corinna’s eyes lit up

muttered to herself then glanced up at

But Corinna wasn’t

grabbed me by the shoulders and pushed me toward the coat closet. She opened

caught myself on the coat rack.

quiet,” she said, firmly and

of the closet, with only a sliver of light coming from the crack under the door. I ducked under the coat hangers, sitting on the floor

I could hear

of her leather couch

voice of a man

up in

here? Did Corinna plan this? She must have,

us? Why did Damon even come despite knowing Corinna’s

frowned. We hadn’t talked about this at all. I

you couldn’t have a proper wedding. I know our families would’ve been

ruin another of our events by overshadowing it with one of

heard Damon snort, the leather

my ear to the door, hoping to catch more of their conversation but also dreading it too. He had to be

my mind as I listened. I

Damon.

didn’t want to get married. I just did it to get the money.”

had to be lying, it still hurt to hear.

out the shadow

to soothe the wounded part of me. I had to believe in Damon, but….

in Ashton too.

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

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