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

Chapter 104

The water spilled over my body and I was completely drenched. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

I shot up in my bed and found my sister-in-law with a frown on her face. I could still see the anger and resentment swimming in her eyes. It had now been a week since her sister left and she had not forgiven me for messing up.

“What the hell, Commna?”

“Get up. Your wallowing when what you should be doing is trying to figure out how you can win my sister back.”

My brows furrowed and 1 gasped at her in shock. “I’ve been trying to do that but you’ve kept her away from me”

“For good reason. She made me promise. I know that the two of you will work it out but that doesn’t mean that I can’t give you a mudge”

She knew where she was but she refused to tell me and she was guarding her phone like fucking Fort Knox. I had used every available power at my disposal and I was yet to find my wife.

I texted her every single day and all she did was read them. Well, at least she had read them up until two days ago. After that, they were just delivering I was both two seconds away from going nuclear when I heard Adie talking to her sister on the phone. She was still alive; she had just stopped opening my texts.

But that didn’t stop me from texting her. I needed her to know that I was still here whenever she was ready.

I wasn’t giving up on us and I didn’t want her to give up on us too. We had been through too much to even consider…. divorce. She was my world and there was no way that I would be able to survive without her, least of all now that she was with child

“I need to leave, I have a shoot later this afternoon. Get up and bathe and try not to look like a homeless man.” She waved and left my room.

I fell back onto my damp bed and stared up at the ceiling.

As the days ticked slowly by I just grew more and more anxious about what was to become of my marriage. I loved Adie and the more her silence extended the more worried 1 became.

As if the heavens had heard, my phone buzzed and I saw the caller ID.

I taped my screen, almost not fully believing it.

It was her.

I swiped the screen and brought the phone right to my car.

“Baby” My voice was thick with emotion. “Baby, I miss you.”

All I could hear on the other side of the phone was her low sniffs and it broke my heart. I hated that I was the cause of her pain. I should have been the one protecting her from it.

“Adie please please talk to me.”

“Hey,” her voice was so meek and small.

Hearing it again was like a dagger right to my heart.

“Hi” I breathed the word with so much relief. “How how are you?”

She was silent for some time. I had no idea what she was thinking and it killed me that I couldn’t see her face or hold her hand.

“Tm holding up. The baby is good in case you’re curious,”

“Curious’ Of course, I’m curious. That’s my child that you’re carrying too, Adelaide.”

Before I allowed my emotions to take over I clamped my mouth shut. “I miss you, Adie.”

Her silence was killing me. All I could hear was her soft and low breathing. I didn’t know if she had tears in her eyes or if she was filled with rage. I would have much rather had her yelling at me than just be silent. I could take her rage, I would take on every ounce of her fire if she would let me. But her silence only made that pit in my stomach grow larger.

“I miss you too.” Hearing her say that was like this large weight that had been lifted off my shoulders. “But I still need time. You you hurt me and I’m just trying to figure out whether or not…”

She trailed off, not completing her words.

“Figure out what, Adie?”

“I need to figure out if this is still what I want.”

Those were the last words that I wanted to come out of her mouth. She had every reason to want space and I had been more than prepared to give it. But not walking away. That was one thing that I was not prepared for. I was not ready to let her go.

“Baby I know what I did by going to Angela was messed up. I was hurt and angry and I wasn’t thinking straight. Bur nothing happened. I have never kissed her or done anything with her. I never even thought

of doing anything with her. You’re the woman 1 want and love. You are my wife. The mother of our unborn baby. There is no woman or thing on this earth that I would want over you. 1. I fucking love you, Adelaide Steyn.”

The desperation in my voice was evident. I was panic-stricken. All I knew was that I could not let her go.

I would much rather burn the world than lose her.

“I know you love me, Damon.”

The crack in her voice made it all too clear that she had tears in her eyes. She was on the brink of breaking down and all I could do was sit here in this bed and accept the fact that I had hurt her.

“And I want you to know that I love you. I’m not asking for this thinking time because I don’t love you. I just need to figure out what’s best for me and the baby.”

“Me. Us-together as a family. That’s what’s best for the baby. And us.”

I didn’t want to sound pushy but I felt so helpless being here and her being God knows where.

“Damon, please.” I hated it. That she had to beg me. “I just needed to hear your voice. I didn’t want to start a fight with you.”

Silence passed between us. Neither one of us continued to speak.

“Can you at least tell me where you are?”

She sighed deeply, “I’m safe.”

“Are you in the country? Can you at least tell me that much?”

“No,” was all she gave me. “I need to go now, I will talk to you later. I love you”

I didn’t even get a chance to say what I needed to say. She just hung up the phone leaving me alone in the silence.

I was tempted to call her back and tell her that we weren’t finished yet and that we needed to talk it all through. But I knew that she didn’t want to be talking about it and the best thing to do was let her lead in this situation. I just needed to give her

room to think

I laid there in the bed looking up at the ceiling thinking of all the ways I had royally fucked up my own life.

“Screw this,” I peeled off the wet blankets and went to the large walk-in closet. “If I’m going to wallow might as well do it with a drink in my hand.”

I had every intention of making my way to the nearest bar and drowning my sorrows away in tequila. But as I exited out of my room and made my way downstairs I was greeted with a face I was not used to seeing all that often.

“Took you long enough,” Daniel kicked off the wall and walked up to me. He was dressed in casual jeans and a white. button-down. Simply from looking at him, you would not think that he was a high- profile photographer. He just looked like an average guy. He didn’t dress overly artsy and he was a lot more inviting rather than brooding.

“Why are you in my house?” That was probably rude but it was a valid question.

“My girlfriend sent me.”

My frown dropped and annoyance filled my body. “Corinna didn’t need to send a babysitter my way. I’m fine.”

“Clearly she doesn’t think so, so I’m your chaperone for the day.” He smiled like a big child and slapped my back. “So where are we going?”

“I was going to day drink, but seeing as my sister-in-law sent you here I assume she has that as a rule that I cannot do.” “You know her so well,” he chuckled. “How about we hit the beach? You look like you could use some sunshine in your life.”

“You’re going to force me anyway.” I sighed. “You drive. I could use a nap.”

I hated that Corinna felt like I was self-combusting but I also appreciated the fact that she wanted to look out for me. Maybe she didn’t hate me as much as I thought she did.

I only hoped that when all was said and done I would be walking out of this mess with her sister at my side.