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 at the knowledge that this was

twitched at her emphasis

I didn’t know if I was more angry

you?” Corinna taunted me, a gleeful

eyes at her, stepping forward

sister, Ashton, and I were dating for over a year.

Chipin ||

the actual homewrecker?” I

surprised one bit, nor upset like

*still you,

bit out, throwing up her hand. The shiny diamond gleamed in the light like it was taunting me. He proposed to

love Ashton, that much was clear. She was using

a toy 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 to hand it

this, I sighed. I had to stop letting her get to me. I fled our family to get

key out of my pocket and dangled it in front

in love with Ashton. I came here to return this.” I handed

it away from me, her nails scratching my palm, and I pulled away, hating even

up at me, and a smirk crossed

coming along?” she said sarcastically. “Going well, I

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

as I spun on my heel to leave.

nails digging into my skin. She pulled me to face her,

mess up our plans, Adelaide. Ashton isn’t yours anymore;

mine.”

attention. I narrowed my eyes at her, my

relationship a plan?”

go of my arm

to say it like that,” Corinna bit

what did you mean, Corinna?” I stepped

up. I wanted to know exactly what these two had planned, and I wanted to know now.

get out!” Corinna shrieked, stomping her foot as she pushed me over the threshold. Before I could ask anything more, she

at the door, my

plan. What plan?

I headed back to my car, not paying

one bit. She liked to make my life h’ll

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

Chapter 11

of the betrayal they’d caused me. I didn’t need any more physical reminders, the

me about this little