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

Chapter 54

I stared at the test 1 had sent over 30 minutes ago that had gone

Me baby, I’m at the restaurant

I sat by the hotel bar sipping my sorrows away. Today was date night and before she left this morning she had promised me that she would go out in an effort to make it. That was what she had said and I believed her. But here we were again and the

was not here.

We had agreed to meet at 6, a full hour after her meeting was set to finish. Today they were discussing with producers as to who they would like to offer roles in the movie. I knew that it was a big day for her but I also needed her.

I had wanted this date night to be our fresh start so that we could begin again. I had found the nicest French restaurant I could she was really into French cuisine now. And I had even bought her a new pair of diamond earrings that were burning a hole in my pocket. I was excited but she wasn’t there. Again.

When she canceled the site viewing I had been happy for the time For the first time since we moved here, I felt like a priority. But now after that day nearly two weeks ago, it was like it all reverted back

1 ran a billion-dollar business but I still found the time for her because she was my number one and I was now questioning if I was hers.

That was a dangerous place to be for a marriage.

I sipped on my whiskey allowing the bitterness to soak my disappointment. I lifted my hand in the air and waved down the bartender.

“Can I have another please?”

“Rough day?” The look of pity in his eyes made me frown. “You’ve been sitting here moping at your phone.”

“Oh yeah,” I sighed. “I kind of got stood up.”

“Then that woman is a fool.” A soft feminine voice said on my right. I turned to find a woman dressed in a power suit sipping on a martini. She was about three chairs away from me so I hadn’t noticed her when I sat down. But then again I never noticed any woman that wasn’t my wife.

“She’s just busy.” I said with a tight-lipped smile.

same. You two planned

I didn’t miss the subtle eye he made my

a first date?” the woman continued to speak.

the air. “It was

then, that’s even worse. If you were my husband I would make sure that I made time for you. But then again I have always

movie was her number one and I didn’t know how to feel about it. I wanted to be supportive and push her toward her goals but

with my drink.

you.” I took the drink and

into. Had I known that this would be the outcome

fought her a little harder.

came down to

the woman from three chairs down. She held a small smile on her face. She raised her glass in the air waiting for me to clink mine with hers in cheers.

clinked it with hers. We both took sips of our drinks and settled

your thoughts?”

whiskey. “I don’t think sharing my

problem half-solved.” She turned in her chair to fully face me. “Besides,

figure that?” My gaze

physically weighed down by your problems. And sometimes it’s easier

a random stranger’s problems on a Monday evening when you could be

“Maybe I’m

some reason it made the tips of my lips tilt

she was trying to throw out, but that didn’t mean that I was

In fact, I think I can read

“Do tell.”

the olive from her martini, “you’re a businessman of sorts. You like to keep mostly to yourself. And if the limited edition Richard Mille is to say anything, you are a man of money. And you seem to come from it but

the head. “So does this empath also happen to be

into her mouth. “I’m a lawyer, which means I’m very good at reading people.”

very good at lying too, right? Aren’t all