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

Chapter 4

“Whichever couple gives birth first will get our combined inheritances.”

A cold heavy stone settled at the bottom of my stomach like I’d swallowed a ten-pound block of ice.

I stared blankly at my grandmother’s little smug smile as she watched the chaos unfold around her. A child. That’s what she’d said, wasn’t it?

No matter how many times I fed the word to my brain, I couldn’t comprehend it. Like trying to read Latin or ancient hieroglyphs, my brain refused to process the very thought.

Amidst my Damon.

father’s gaping mouth and Corinna’s stunned look, I snuck a glance at the statue that was

Completely stiff and rigid, he moved not a single muscle, fists clenched on the table with his dark eyes wide in shock and locked onto the clock ticking away behind my grandma’s head.

“Grandmother, you can’t be serious!” Corinna’s screech burst through my thoughts.

“If you truly love him as you say, then it shouldn’t be a problem should it?” Grandmother retorted smugly. “I hope to see my great-grandchildren before I retire,”

The screech of my chair on the floorboards was damningly loud but not as loud as my pulsing brain. “Addie, dear?” my Grandmother asked.

I sucked in a breath, hiding my hands behind my back as I forced a smile onto my face.

“I should get going, Grandma. I live on the other side of town,” I said as calmly as could be in this situation.

“Of course, dear,” Grandma eyed Damon slyly. “You’ll take her home, won’t you, Damon?”

Damon swiftly stood up from his seat beside me, an impassive look covering his shock.

“Of course, Grandmother,” he said smoothly right at the same time that I said, “That won’t be necessary, Grandma.”

I glared at him as he sent me a cool look.

“Oh? Why not? You are engaged, aren’t you?” Grandma raised an eyebrow knowingly.

“I thought you had that thing.” I hinted to Damon, firmly. “That you couldn’t miss.”

“Don’t worry, dear,” he said exaggeratedly, “Did you forget it was rescheduled for tomorrow already? You must be getting forgetful, Addie.”

He smirked, fingers grasping my hand before I could shake him off and leaned over to whisper possessively into my ear, “I’d never let my fiance go home alone.”

“Of course. How could I forget,” I said through gritted teeth, trying to ignore the goosebumps his voice left along my arms.

I ignored the rest of the table as I kissed my grandmother’s cheek.

“Goodnight, Grandma,” I told her.

“You too, darling,” Grandma chuckled.

as Damon handed over my jacket, a pair of dainty hands latched onto my

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meet Corinna’s sugary-sweet smile.

mind, Damon?” she batted her eyelashes like a master, acting the part of

on his jacket and

forced when it became clear he

smirked at the hateful glare she sent me until she practically threw her arms around me. What

crawled at the feeling of her arms on me, like any

him with to marry a loser like you?” Corinna

over me as I pulled out of the hug and faced Corinna. I stepped back, hand outstretched until I felt the calloused

hand was more familiar than my own and the disgust of

sister,” I said confidently, “We will live happily forever, just as you said. Now, if you don’t mind, we are

reeled back, wide eyes falling to our combined hands. I

smiled as I raised our combined hands so the light hit the rings just perfectly,

eyes.

“Our home.”

Oh, I wished I had

door, breathing in the fresh air as I could finally

few steps out, though,

around with a bright

glowering as she watched us

baby is a big deal for a model, but you would do

her teeth with a nasty look at me.

a large figure standing

eyes had been locked

swore I’d love forever. But all that love

couldn’t muster even one more

think about was getting

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as I led us back

leaning my head against the cold window as the car rumbled beneath

clink

on the door latch, but like I expected, it did

the doors,” I glared at Damon, “I’m not going

have a past,” he said, the

his face.

time! And we were at a stoplight!” 1 protested in my

did it once. You’ll do it again.”

don’t even know my address!” I threw my hands into the

he retorted immediately.

at him in surprise. “How did you know that?”

father didn’t even know where

a familiar disgusting “guess why” smirk and then said, “I live

I didn’t know what Damon did for a living,

all. The money came with