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

Chapter 37

The wedding was supposed to be today.

I stared down at the swirling heat of my coffee, the mug held close in my hands. It was hot enough to burn my fingers, but I didn’t care at the moment.

The sun had just begun to rise as I contemplated my thoughts like the steam from my coffee that evaporated into the air.

“Adelaide?”

I flinched at the sudden sound disturbing the morning silence I was used to. I turned around, a frown on my lips as I met the dark eyes of my husband.

“Yes?”

My voice cracked from disuse as I spoke and I cleared my throat, taking a sip of my coffee.

“How long have you been out here?” Damon said as he frowned. “The bed is cold.”

“I don’t know,” I mumbled as I glanced at the pot of coffee I had reheated only minutes ago. It had been dark when I stumbled out here and made it in the first place.

As Damon took out his cup and poured himself some, I noticed the pot was half-empty.

Or was it half-full?

Who cared, for that matter? It just meant I’d need to make more soon.

A hint of a smile graced my features as Damon sat on the chair next to me, his mug clutched in his hands.

An uncomfortable silence fell between us. The kind of discomfort that made you shift in your seat or look away like when a smile had too many teeth.

There was just something wrong with it. Something wrong between us. Even though there shouldn’t be.

I knew he loved me. I just couldn’t get the previous night out of my head.

“Is it about the wedding?” Damon started, cautiously, not looking up from his coffee. He paused, a flash of hesitance crossed his face before he soldiered on, “Or is this about yesterday?”

I flinched, not having caught myself in time, and Damon caught it. He always did know how to read me in an instant.

Damon sighed and reached out to me, grabbing my hands in his. “You know I didn’t mean a word of it. Addie. I love you. I always have and I always will. Only you.”

to be believed, but I was more wounded

for

honesty. I hated myself that I doubted him at all, but my brain

Not now.

“Addie.”

his i a clash of emotions. Like a tidal

voice was begging. “Talk to me,

my tongue twisted in my mouth with words I couldn’t say. Words I

I knew I had

an infection. I wouldn’t let this come between us. I

Damon I couldn’t let

been happier than W

feel his

you said. I know it’s stupid but-

said, firmly. “It’s not stupid. I hated having to

be true.” My thoughts poured out of my

a long time. Ever since I had seen them together, it infuriated me, but also wounded a little bit

me, and I wanted to chase after him, to bring him close to me again, but instead, I reached for my coffee. The feeling of the

by now, but I

of uncertainty. He pinched the bridge of his nose,

himself off with a mumbled curse. “There was never a

first place.”

believe what I

least not like what you’re thinking. Damon confessed. He sighed and grabbed my left hand, his fingers automatically going to my ring. He looked at me then,

“sshole who was following her everywhere and leaving threatening messages. She wanted him gone,

glanced down at my hand where

me to marry this heiress who was interested in me. I refused, but neither of them would give up. So Corinna and I made a deal. I got rid of her stalker, and she got rid of the heiress. Once we got what we

“But

Damon looked at me firmly in the eyes again. “I promise you we were never together. I have only ever loved you. and I will only love you for the rest of eternity. I could never love someone more than 1 love you. You’ve always

My anxiety

man in front of me was more than either of them could destroy. And

I whispered a small smile tugging at the corners of my

again. With his arms around me, I

FITL

that no matter what happened next, I had someone to face the world with. He

up my shirt, igniting a trail of flames along my body.

his hair as he kissed down my