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.”

be f*cking kidding me. They really went and

suit, a massive grin on his face as he carried Adelaide

with a tint

had on. It was too pretty for

I knew it. Who did they think they were?

it at the wall, but I stopped, calming

fix

my nails on the hard plastic of the

it cut

name and number and I

“Sh*t!”

where Ashton was. Probably

him, he was gone again. Typical Steyn. Always gone when

I dialed the number of my grandmother. The old bat had

rang and rang then

No answer.

in on this too. She had always loved

gnawed on my bottom lip, the panic growing inside of me. I couldn’t let Adelaide win. I couldn’t let them

did what I should have

ring. I could always depend on my

her sugary

and saw the news, and that b*tch eloped with Damon

said coldly. “She’s as crafty as her

we should back off,” I said, full of doubt about

cutting off immediately. I felt like a child being scolded-like I always did

her win anything. Not even the smallest victory. This is what we’ve been working towards for years,” my mother spat. “That boy, Damon. You did

“He still wants me. I made sure of it.”

use him,” my mother said and chuckled deviously.

I

me an update once

“Love you, too.”

hand through my messy hair. Everything wasn’t lost. I could still

been in love with Adelaide since

him. Whispering in both of their cars to keep them apart, sabotaging any attempt

was easy to manipulate, but Damon was a wild card. He was difficult to predict.

two brothers.

was clear. He still

even if he wanted me, he loved her. I curled my arms around

could I use Damon to fix

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

Adelaide to think he wanted to. I’d been making her believe lies about him all

just imagine now how her face would twist up in despair-the desolate look in her eyes as she realized that no one in this world