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

Chapter 39

It was a sunny morning as I drove down one of the busiest of the Las Vegas streets. It was surprisingly crowded all the way through as 1 adjusted my sunglasses for the tenth time since I started driving.

The sun was bright and hot-a little too much of both as it beat down on me. The sudden heat waves were the things I hated the most about living in Las Vegas, but it beat a hurricane or blizzard any day.

I shifted lanes as I pulled off the highway and onto the familiar road before me. Kids were out playing in the nice community. It was a pricier neighborhood but worth it.

I smiled as I heard the familiar tune of the ice cream truck several blocks down, probably giving joy to the kids of Viewpoint Circle.

But ice cream and the heat wave were not what I was here for.

I pulled into the familiar driveway, shutting off my car as I stepped out, locking it with a click of the remote.

I glanced at the stones lining the pathway heading to the house, seeing four sets of handprints imprinted into the rocks.

My name was scribbled on one of them, hands far too tiny to be an adult.

It felt like I’d made those handprints in a different lifetime.

When I reached the door, I raised my hand to knock, but the door had already flung open.

Piers, my grandmother’s butler, stood there as stiff and unusual as ever.

“Good morning. Miss Adelaide,” Piers said in a monotone voice.

“Are you ever going to tell me how you do that, Piers?” I smiled, pulling off my sunglasses. “Cause I’d love to know that party

trick.”

“Practice, Miss Adelaide,” Piers said, his lips twitching at the corner in a way that I knew meant he was laughing inwardly. “Mrs. Hildebrand is waiting for you.”

He opened up the door, stepping aside as I entered. The place was spotless as ever, but the walls were quickly running out of

room

grandparents’ walls were a shrine to every moment of our lives, and I never tired

on full

of the house to the backyard where I spotted my grandmother kneeling in the dirt as she weeded the

offered to me. I used

Miss Adelaide,” Piers said before taking off into the house. I pulled on my gloves,

Aren’t they beautiful?” she gushed, a beaming

beside her.

flowers

like your garden is doing well

you mean,” Grandma laughed.

did,” I laughed, leaning forward to pull at the

Granda glanced at me knowingly. “What did you really come here for? I

me onto my backside. I laughed, discarding the uprooted plant as I glanced at my grandma.

obvious?”

everything, remember, dear?” Grandma smirked, pulling out a stubborn weed with one good, hard tug. I shook my head, grinning at the ease with which

pretended to grumble despite the smile on my lips. “You’re right, though. I actually came here for something

me, firmly. “Cause you know I can’t share any details on that. It’s up to your grandfather at

not,” I shook my head, solemnly.

wedding should be canceled entirely. Corinna and Ashton were against

grandparents good names into question which was unacceptable. My grandfather was a mellow man, and

and Corinna had played jump

I sighed, unable to believe what I was about to say,

you mean?” Grandma frowned.

There’s a time limit on how long she can make money that way. Especially with how bad she is at budgeting.” I said, nonchalantly. “So I was

paused mid-air, and she turned to me

beg your pardon?”

sighed, dropping all pretenses as I glanced up at

She needs it more than I do,” I said, firmly. “I have my job, and I’ve been living on a low

for a few moments. I could feel my heart racing in my chest. I

didn’t need the money. I

Corinna, however….