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

Chapter 11

Adelaide POV

“SOS.”

The message was straightforward, but I was still suspicious. I didn’t want to see Ashton, but the SOS message… I felt like I couldn’t ignore it.

When we were kids. Damon came up with the SOS signal for when there was an emergency we couldn’t go to anyone else about. Even after everything, I couldn’t leave him alone.

All of us knew it-Damon, Ashton, Corinna, and I. We’d all used it, and we’d all responded to it. It was a rule that we would always answer it, no matter what. No questions asked and no refusing.

And that made it all the more suspicious. Why would he reach out to me after everything that’d happened?

I sighed, knowing I shouldn’t have lied to Damon, but I didn’t want him following me. I knew he wouldn’t want me to go see Ashton.

This was a bad idea. A really bad idea. I think he knew I wasn’t telling him the truth.

I stood in front of penthouse door number three.

I took a deep breath and knocked. There was no turning back now.

To my surprise, the door swung open immediately, but it wasn’t Ashton behind it.

It was Corinna. She leaned against the open door, her arms crossed, and a smirk on her face. Her hair was wet as if she’d just gotten out of a shower. She was wearing only an oversized T-shirt, leaving her legs bare.

I stiffened as I noticed exactly what T-shirt she was wearing. It was the one from my first date with Ashton at the amusement park, I had the matching one in my closet.

My blood boiled, but my head remained calm. Why was she here? Why would he let her lure me here like this?

“I knew you were still a lovesick puppy over Ashton,” Corinna taunted me. “Couldn’t resist rushing over here at the littlest text.”

“I assume you sent the message then?” I said, coldly. We both knew it had been her, but I wanted to hear it from her mouth.

Corinna grinned, “He left his phone behind this morning, and I just couldn’t resist the urge to toy with you.”

“Classy trick,” I said, sarcastically. “Now what do

you want?”

“Just to prove something.” Corinna eyed her nails, casually.

at her, fuming

hung up on my fiance,” Corinna grinned. I twitched at

didn’t know if I was more angry at her for doing this or at myself

having your crush taken away from you?” Corinna taunted me, a gleeful grin on her face. “My sister, the

her, stepping forward until we were almost nose-to-nose.

and I were dating for

Chipin ||

the actual homewrecker?” I said, my voice

one bit, nor upset like I thought she might be

*still you,

gleamed in the light like

didn’t love Ashton, that much was clear. She was using him to hurt me like she had everything else in her

she wanted. She’d try to take it, and I wouldn’t let her, so she’d go to our dad and cry until he forced me

had to stop letting her get to me. I fled our family to get away from her. I had no intention

pulled a key out of my pocket and dangled it

Ashton. I came here

away from me, her nails scratching my palm, and

up at me, and a smirk crossed her lips.

my boyfriend coming along?” she said

I thought my blood was boiling before, this was the eruption. I couldn’t stop myself from retaliating

Corinna,” I snarled, as I spun on my heel to leave.

before I could move another inch, her long nails digging into my skin. She pulled

mess up our

mine.”

narrowed my eyes at her, my suspicions quickly

you call your relationship a plan?”

and let go

like that,”

stepped

I wanted to know exactly what these two had planned,

shrieked, stomping her foot as she pushed me over the threshold. Before I could ask anything more, she shut the

glared at the door, my

plan. What plan?

lost in my thoughts as I headed back to my car,

up being from Corinna didn’t surprise me one bit. She liked to make my life h’ll

was too easy, and I hated myself for getting worked up about it. I was going to have to remind myself to burn the matching

Chapter 11

they’d caused me. I didn’t need any more physical

me about this