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

Chapter 33

POV: “Corinna”

The sunbeams made their way through the cracks of the bay window; the dark curtains that blocked them out were nothing under its power.

I twitched in my sleep, the light behind my eyes pulling me from my dream. I shifted my head to the right, breathing in deeply. The light, however, was stubborn.

It followed me, and I groaned. flipping onto my stomach and burying my head in the pillow.

I had never been a morning person. Necessity had forced it upon me, but as my consciousness surfaced from sleep, I counted the days in my head.

Friday. It was Friday morning. I had no responsibilities, so I could sleep in until 10:00.

If the stupid sun would let me rest.

Mornings were the worst.

I yawned, still half-asleep as I pulled my pillow over my head, blocking out the rays of the morning sun filtering through the curtains of the window.

I sighed in relief, my body relaxing as I slipped right back into sleep. I could’ve slept the day away.

If it wasn’t for the alarm I’d set last night ringing incessantly,

“Ugh!” I threw my pillow, hearing it thump against the wall as I sat up in bed, grumpily. I fished for my phone on the nightstand, wincing at the sudden light from the screen as I shut off the alarm.

There was an unseen text message on my phone that caught my attention.

1 frowned, sitting up in bed as I opened it up.

“Girl, don’t look at the news, Leila texted me.

“Why? Did my father do something stupid again?’ I wrote back, rolling my eyes. It wouldn’t have been the first time my father had gotten himself into trouble.

He wasn’t a good man or even a good father, but he was better than none at all. Adelaide took that for granted. Just another thing I hated about her.

‘Not exactly, came the reply.

“Then what?”

Finally, she texted back with a link to a news article. Wasting no time, I clicked it, and my jaw dropped open.

*Damon Steyn and Adelaide Hildebrand Elope before wedding!

I scrolled down to read at a fast pace.

Two days before their official wedding. Damon Steyn, the son of CEO Dalton Steyn of Steyn Industries, and Adelaide Hildebrand, the first daughter of the old Hildebrand lineage, were caught leaving the Las Vegas Chapel dressed in wedding attire Thursday night.”

to be f*cking kidding me. They really went and got married? In Vegas of all

of Damon dressed in a suit, a massive grin on his face

tint of pink.

wedding dress Adelaide had on. It was too pretty for someone

I knew it.

I snapped, raising my phone to throw it at the wall, but I

fix this.

Ashton’s number, tapping my nails on the hard plastic of the phone impatiently as it

it

Steyn. Leave your name and

“Sh*t!”

where Ashton

when I needed him, he was gone again. Typical Steyn. Always gone when they

number of my grandmother. The old bat had always disliked me, but years of sucking up to her were about to pay off.

and rang then cut

No answer.

too. She had

I

did what I should have done all along.

always depend

came her sugary sweet voice.

saw the news, and that b*tch eloped

coldly. “She’s as crafty as her mother

should back off,” I said, full

off immediately. I felt like a child being scolded-like

victory. This is what we’ve been working towards for years,” my mother spat. “That boy, Damon. You

frowned. “He still wants me. I

mother said and chuckled deviously. “Don’t stop until you ruin

Mother,” I sighed.

baby. Make sure to give me an

“Love you, too.”

I ran a hand through my messy hair.

with Adelaide since we were children. She was the only one that didn’t know how

Adelaide hated him. Whispering in both of their

but Damon was a wild card. He was difficult to

two brothers.

thing was clear. He still wanted me.

I curled my arms around my knees, anger,

Damon to

cruel, horrible idea, filled my mind. I smirked,

I just needed Adelaide to think he wanted to. I’d been making

her face would twist up in despair-the desolate look in her eyes as she realized that no one in this world was on her