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

Chapter 58

*Damon*

I was miserable and that was putting it nicely. I felt like I was suffocating without her but I needed to get out of LA. However, in doing so I also had to get away from her which hurt more than anyone can imagine. Things had escalated drastically and we were not in a good place.

I couldn’t tell you the number of times I picked up my phone to text her or call her and tell her that I loved her and that I was coming back to her.

But every time I mustered up the courage to text her I always deleted the words on the screen.

She was back from Canada, that much I knew but other than the fact that she was at home I didn’t know how she was feeling, if she was feeling even half of the misery I was.

I had seen her texts and her calls but I couldn’t ever bring myself to answer them. I had been the one to do the chasing. I had been the one to always try and fix things and I wanted her to meet me halfway for once.

I wanted her to show me that she wanted this to work. I needed to see that I was still a priority for her. But the waiting was killing me.

I laid on the hotel bed looking up at the ceiling wondering how I let it all get to this point. But as I slowly divided deeper into the deep waters of heartache and depression my phone cut through the thick fog drawing me back to reality.

Lacey: Hey bozo

I had been drowning in my own depression and Lacey was a literal gift from the heavens.

Me: Hello knucklehead

Lacey: Cute… you’re not funny.

Me: You started it. Anyway, what’s up? How can I be of service to you today?

Lacey: Open the door.

I was confused at first until I heard a knock at the door. I shook my head. Of course, she would just announce herself this way. She was a woman of flare and dramatics but who was I to judge?

I hopped off the bed, dressed in nothing but my sweats, and opened the door for my friend.

from her face when she saw

could get in but she just stood

in?”

“The opposite actually.

with you

surprise,” she said in a sing-song voice that already had my suspicions up. “You can come

the confines of my home though.” I pouted. “Why don’t we just

been cooped up in here for the entire day.

mouth to protest but one look from her and my mouth shut back up real

Chapter 58

“Shoes”

crossed her arms

on and left the room with her. I had no idea what kind of adventure she had planned for us but I

up to the driveway of her

me out of my hotel to bring me to your

cut the engine and opened her door.

followed her to the front door. She had just moved into this new gated community that was so peaceful and beautiful. The house was big but not overly big in the way that it was a mansion but big enough to have a few kids and a pet or two.

loved just how domesticated my friend was. And to think within our prime we had been downing shots of vodka like water

we

knob but then paused. “Shoot I left something in the car, you can head in.

find her partner, Kathy there

was no way that Lacey

for me.

ready to dig into whatever had been cooking but then I stopped short when I saw Adelaide standing in the middle of the kitchen looking as stunning as ever. Her hair was pulled into a messy bun. She wore tight black leggings, a white crop top, and her face was void of any makeup-just the way

Her face, her eyes, her scent. These three days had

the way she

–

into my arms. I nuzzled my nose into the crook of her neck and breathed in her sweet and addictive

So very perfect.

Tears brimmed in them