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

Chapter 62

“Adelaide

I sipped on my wine as I stared at my sister on the couch. We had decided that tonight would be the perfect night for at sister’s date. Damon had flown out to Dubai to meet a client and it was just us in the house.

I was growing increasingly worried for her after spending more time with her. She wasn’t speaking much about her flying out here early. I knew that it had to do with him but she just wouldn’t tell me and that was what was irking me even more.

I wanted to know the exact details so I knew how far to take my revenge. I was currently on the scale from popping tires to registering him as a sex offender in all 50 states and Canada. Was that slightly overboard? Possibly. But he had hurt my sister and I knew no limit when it came to the people that I loved.

“I can feel your eyes boring a hole into my skull, Adelaide.” She kept her gaze on the TV that was currently playing The Witcher. “Whatever you want to say you can say it.”

I reached for the remote and paused the TV. She turned to look at me, her gaze steady.

This was the first time I hadn’t seen her eyes puffy and red. She didn’t think I noticed but I did. I noticed more than she realized.

She was eating less and less and I could hear her crying at times when I came downstairs to get stuff. She would cry on the back porch or she would just sit in the darkness in the living room in the dead of night when she thought we were all asleep.

She was hurting and it pained me to see her this way.

“It depends if you’re ready to talk yet,” I stated, setting my glass of wine down. “I don’t want to push you. But I want to know

more.”

looking a little sheepish. “I tried Adie. I really tried to love that man. I was capable of change so I

only cared about one thing and one thing only, himself. He had shown that by falling in love with the surrogate they hired to have their baby. He was disgusting.

is irredeemable. It’s not your job

his wife.” She sniffed wiping at her nose. “I should be the one that is capable of saving him and

“But

you

only change when they want to,

lip quivered as she tried to hold back tears.

body wracked as I held her against me, willing the pain she was feeling to go away. She didn’t deserve this. She didn’t deserve to

that had fallen from her eyes. She looked up at me, her amber eyes shining with

you’re probably tired of listening to me.”

me for letting your emotions out.” I grabbed her hand

I’m here for.”

been crying for days over a man who doesn’t even love me and I’m not

thought you would have with him and that’s entirely okay. You don’t have to

it all and then let it go. Don’t hold onto any of the emotions too tightly. Allow them to ebb and

a low laugh that was a cross between a sob and

An artist. Being wise and sappy is a part of the job description.

she sobered the smile slipped from

waiting for her to say that from the moment I saw her face when she landed. He was

no need to. “Am I doing the wrong

sorry that he ever made you feel like crap but that isn’t your fault in any way. All you did was fall in love with

for everything I