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

Chapter 72

“Adelaide

Do you know what was worse than fighting with your significant other? Fighting with your significant other while they were in a different time zone.

I woke up on the worst side of the bed this morning and all I could think about was the fact that my husband thought that I was a cheater. The way he had reacted was what was getting to me. I didn’t want to believe that he thought those things about me.

He had tried to call me back six times and had sent text after text but I hadn’t responded to him. The last thing I read on my phone from him was a message that came in right as I pulled into the studio.

Damon: I’m an idiot. Please call me back.

Damon: I love you, Adelaide. You’re my universe.

I almost caved.

I had almost hit send on the message that I had been typing but then I remembered that not too long ago we were in the exact same position. The only difference was he had promised me never to do something like this again to me.

I get that he worried that Gabriel wanted me but it didn’t matter if he did or didn’t. I didn’t want Gabriel, emphasis on the I My eyes were only set on my husband. Why would I throw the once-in-a-lifetime love we have for some passing thing? I wanted him to trust what we had. The same way I had been trusting what he and I had when it came to Angela. Even though Angela had made it more than clear that she wanted my man and had practically said it to my face.

But this whole Gabriel thing was too much and hypocritical. I couldn’t just ignore him-he was my male lead. Angela was no one to him apart from a stranger that had crossed his path one odd Thursday night. If anyone should hold the majority of the anger it should be me.

“Adelaide.” Gabriel tapped my shoulder drawing me out of my internal rant.

I blinked and I realized that I was still standing by the little snack table. My gaze moved up to him, his outfit for the scene still on. “Sorry, what did you say?”

“Are you okay?” His features softened the slightest bit. “You seem

out of it.”

I was

smile and turned back to the table. I went to go and pick up a cookie but then a hand

it’s just… I’m worried about you. A lot of people are actually.” Well, this was embarrassing. “I just want to see if you need anything or even just an

that but I didn’t want to burden someone unnecessarily with

it should be in my trailer.” I offered him a weak smile but that

came over my wrist stopping me. “I don’t want you to be by yourself. We

it was such a good idea to have lunch with him in a closed and confined space. There were already these absurd rumors flying around, I didn’t want to provide people with more drama to

could see his genuine concern and sincerity swimming in them. There were very people in this world who genuinely cared to hear about your problems because they cared about you. And from the time I had spent with Gabriel, I had come to realize that he

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“but why don’t we have it in the studio’s

perfect excuse so that we could be out in

“I’ll meet you out there in

ways to our different trailers. I saw my lunch on my table and took it before heading out to the park. As I walked there I scrolled

I’m sorry for being so stupid with

I wanted to call him and tell him that it was okay and we could stop fighting but I was just

he could do what? Feel more secure in our

just grass and benches with tables. There were a few people littered around and even some of the cast and crew. I was a little abrasive about hanging out with some of them now because I had no idea who had leaked information to the press. That scene was simply practice and they had blown

bench and just stared at the messages. I debated whether I should even bother messaging back when I was feeling so

had.

looked at my face.

a beat as he tried to gather his

with your words but you really aren’t.” His eyes watched me for a moment. “I can just be an ear, my mother