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.

narrowed my eyes at her, fuming at the knowledge that this

on my fiance,” Corinna grinned. I twitched at

master of stabbing weaknesses, however. I didn’t know if I was more angry at her for doing this

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

at her, stepping forward until

and I were dating for over a year. We were still dating

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he proposed to you. Who’s the actual

one bit, nor upset like I thought

*still you,

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

head. What had I even expected from her? She didn’t love Ashton, that much was clear. She was using him to hurt me like she had

were kids and I had a toy she wanted. She’d try to take it, and I wouldn’t let her, so she’d go to

for this, I sighed. I had to stop letting her get to me. I fled our family to get away from her. I had no intention of continuing this spat. I was done with her.

pulled a key out of my pocket and

with Ashton. I came here

nails scratching my palm, and I pulled away, hating even

me, and

my boyfriend coming along?” she said sarcastically. “Going

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

yourself, Corinna,” I snarled, as I spun on my

could move another inch, her long nails digging into my skin. She pulled me to face

better not be doing anything to mess up our plans, Adelaide. Ashton isn’t

mine.”

eyes at her, my suspicions

relationship a plan?” I

go of my arm like she’d

to say it like that,” Corinna bit out,

I stepped forward, using my height

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

over the threshold. Before I could ask anything more, she shut the door

the door, my mind

What

thoughts as I headed back to my car, not paying attention

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

getting worked up about it. I was going to have to

Chapter 11

betrayal they’d caused me. I didn’t need any

me about this little visit was Corinna’s