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.”

They really went and got married? In Vegas of

photo was of Damon dressed in a suit, a massive grin on his face as he carried Adelaide in his arms, both of

a tint of

at the wedding dress Adelaide had on. It was too pretty for someone like her. She deserved to wear rags, and now she’d

us, I knew

it at the wall, but I

fix

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

three rings, it

is Ashton Steyn. Leave your name and

“Sh*t!”

at the phone, not even knowing where

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

to call. I dialed the number of my grandmother. The old bat had always disliked me, but years of sucking up to

phone rang and rang then

No answer.

She was probably in on this too. She

of me. I couldn’t let Adelaide win. I couldn’t let them

I should have done all along. I dialed my mother’s

the first ring. I could always depend

came her sugary

I said, hurriedly, “I just woke up and saw the news, and that b*tch eloped with Damon already!

my mother said coldly. “She’s as crafty as her mother was.”

should back off,” I said, full of

felt like a child being scolded-like I always did with my mother. She had an extraordinary

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 what I told you?”

wants me.

and chuckled deviously. “Don’t stop until you

Mother,” I sighed.

baby. Make sure to give me

“Love you, too.”

through my messy

Damon had been in love with Adelaide since we were children. She was the

of their cars to keep them apart, sabotaging any attempt of

a wild card. He was

two brothers.

one thing was clear. He still

ago proved that. But even if he wanted me, he loved her. I curled my arms around my knees, anger, and jealousy swirling around until I felt sick with it.

Damon to fix this

an idea, a sick, cruel, horrible idea, filled my

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

imagine now how her face would twist up in despair-the desolate look in her eyes as