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

Chapter 36

POV: “Adelaide*

There was silence. I heard nothing from outside the closet door anymore. It was like radio static in my head. All I knew was the lump in my throat and the memory of betrayal.

The door swung open, the light pouring in and blinding my unadjusted eyes. I glanced up at the offending figure with squinted eyes.

Corinna stood there, leaning against the door as she stared down at me with a smirk. Victory gleamed in her eyes.

I sat there in complete devastation, and I could feel my heart breaking in two inside my chest. I could hardly get a deep breath in like someone had replaced all of the oxygen with water. I felt like I was floundering in the emptiness-like trying to stand without gravity.

“Poor Addic,” Corinna put on a sad face as if she truly felt bad for me. “I tried to tell you. I really did.”

There was nothing I could say. Nothing I could do. I’d heard everything she had wanted me to. I knew intrinsically that she had planned this. Had forced both of our hands into this mess, but now, I was trapped.

Trapped like a fly in a spiderweb.

I moved slowly, one foot at a time as I got to my feet. I clutched onto the wooden door as my legs wobbled beneath me- numb from how long I’d been sitting on them.

I took a step-then another. I pushed past Corinna and out of the closet, squinting my eyes again at the sudden bright lights. I knew it had only been twenty or thirty minutes, but it felt like an eternity had passed.

Like a lifetime had gone by and left me in this strange new world.

I made my way to the front door, not paying Corinna a bit of attention until she slid in front of me, her hands pushing against my shoulders.

“Where are you going?” she demanded, crossing her arms as she stood in front of me to keep me from advancing any further.

“I’m going home,” I said, quietly.

“Home? And where is that. Addie?” Corinna said as I pushed past her and towards the door. “To Damon?”

I halted in my tracks, flinching at his name.

She clicked her tongue, and I heard the sound of her feet on the floor as she moved forward, reaching out to me. Her hand landed on my back, almost comforting except for the manicured nails digging just slightly into my skin.

Corinna told me. “You can still back out of the arrangement with Grandmother. A baby with a man who loves someone

firmly as I shrugged off her

just looking out for you,” Corinna cooed like she was talking to a misbehaving child. “So you don’t do something you’ll regret.”

to face her, and a smirk pulled at the corners of her lips as she saw the tears running down my face. She faked

never hugged, and Corinna never showed me any kind

there was no warmth or love like I felt from my grandmother or

was just emptiness.

have a conversation with a puppet. I felt nothing even as she let go of me, a smile on

terrible at hiding her emotions. No wonder she hadn’t made it as an

to my wedding tomorrow, won’t you?”

wanted to take every emotion in my chest and heart and throw it into the world so I didn’t have to deal with it anymore. I wanted to scream until my lungs gave out, until my voice stopped working, and

knew better.

a response to her petty remarks as I threw open the door and stormed out of

out after

elevator, instead taking the stairs two by two as I practically flew down them. I wiped my face of the tears, my resolve hardening as I

knew from earlier. I ducked onto one of the street corners

waiting at the end of the road. The lights flashed on as soon as I approached, and I spotted Peter standing

Peter called with a grin, waving me over. “Did things go well?”

I threw open the door to the backseat and got

rumbling as Peter got in and

“Did something happen?”

I glanced over at him.

to me, his fingers just barely touching my cheek before he pulled back.

my tears.

crying,” he said

it look convincing,” I told him, flatly.

it?” Damon raised

pulled out of the

“Addie-” Damon started.

tired,” I responded without

his voice. We both knew what was bothering me, but neither of us was willing to

the plan. Trick Corinna