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

Chapter 100
I was about 17 weeks pregnant and my clothes were all getting tighter and tighter by the day. It was getting harder and harder to
hide my growing belly. We had still not announced it to the media because I wanted to keep this one little precious thing to
ourselves. I wasn’t ready to share our little baby with the rest of the world.
When things were exposed to the world they somehow always ended up ruined and I didn’t want that to be the case for us and
the baby.
After all that had transpired with Ashton, Damon was being extra cautious with me. Unless it was work he rarely let me out of his
sight. It was kind of obsessive but cute at the same time.
He liked to do these little check-ins every now and again to just make sure that I was alright. Now that I was in the second
trimester all the morning sickness had gone away and I was happy. I was able to keep more food down but the need to pee
every few minutes was insane.
I stretched my feet and stared at the screen for a little while longer before turning my laptop off.
Today had been another full day of filming and I was exhausted. My bed was calling my name and I was ready to answer its call.
I switched off all of the lights in my trailer and made my way to the parking lot where I saw Gabriel by his car using some very
colorful language with whoever was on the other end of his phone call
I paused and watched him for a while.
Gabriel was not an explosive person so the fact that he was blowing up right now meant that something was seriously wrong.
“This is bullshit honestly,” were the last words he said before he hung up the phone. He ran a tired hand through his hair and
cursed under his breath. He lifted his eyes to meet mine and instantly he straightened himself out and put on that easy going
smile of his.
“Adelaide, hey”
I walked over to him curious as to what had transpired. “Are you okay?”
“Me” Yeah, I just needed to sort something out today that hadn’t been sorted out the way I wanted it to be.”

“Is that why you were screaming at those people on the phone?”
“I wasn’t screaming at anyone on the phone” He tried to laugh it off but I saw right through his façade. He let out a heavy sigh
and finally dropped the little act he was trying to put on. “My house has been infested and I was just told that I need to move out
for a week or so so they can get the bug problem fixed.”
“Oh,” well that was the last thing I had been expecting to come out of his mouth. “Do you have a place to stay?”
“I was going to stay at the Havner but I still need to go and collect my stuff and then I need to also-”
“You can stay at my place.” The words blurted right out of me like vomit, “I mean, you don’t have to waste money on a hotel. You
can just come and stay at mine for free. We have far too much space and it really won’t be a bother at all.”
What was I doing? it was not lost on me that my husband still had his feelings about Gabriel but since we were in the business of
helping out our friends then why not?
“Are you sure? I know the last time your husband wasn’t exactly too fond of me.”
I waved him off trying to quiet his concerns. “He’ll be fine, and besides it’s not like you still have feelings for me, right?”
He nodded. “Right. Well, if that’s the case then I’ll just head back home and get my stuff. Can you send me your address?*
“Mhmm,” I nodded.
“Great” The smile returned to his face but this time it reached all the way up to his eyes. “Thank you for this, Adelaide. It means a
lot.”
He hesitated for a brief second before he leaned forward and placed a quick chaste kiss on my cheek. The movement caught me
off guard and all I could do was just stand there like a fool.
He gave me a wink and then he got into his sleek McLaren and drove off, leaving me standing there gaping like a complete and
utter fool. It took Lucas coming up behind me and clearing his throat to bring my attention back to the present.
“Girl, what was that?” He crossed his arms over his chest and arched his perfectly tweezed brow. “Did that man just lay a big fat
wet one on your cheek?”
“It wasn’t like that, he was and then I said... oh Lucas, I think I just fucked up.”

“Sweetie,” he said as he pulled me into his side with a little puppy dog face on, “you royally fucked up.”
I should text my husband. That would be the wise thing to do so that he is not caught off guard when he comes to find this man
in our house
But i had been staring at my phone for the past hour trying to formulate the text to send him. I had contemplated a phone call but
then I didn’t want to risk hearing his voice. I didn’t want to hear the hurt or the anger in his tone.
Avoiding him was certainly not the way to go about things but I didn’t know what to say. And I couldn’t just un-invite the person I
had asked to stay at my house-it was rude. So I needed to sort out this mess before he came home for dinner.
I was home alone for now. Corinna was at a meeting with that Daniel guy. Apparently, they were working on a new project
together. I knew she liked him and I hoped to the heavens that he genuinely liked her. There were a lot of horrid men in this world
and she had been dealt some very shitty cards and she was in need of a win for once.
The doorbell rang.
He’s here.
I got up from the couch and made my way to the foyer to open it for him.
“Hey” I smiled, opening the door up for him. “Did you find the place okay?”
He stood there with his suitcase and signature smile. His eyes were taking in what was behind me and I noticed the awe and
wonder in them.
“You live in a beautiful fortress” was the first thing he said to me as he walked into the foyer. His eyes looked all over the area
drinking in the beautiful interior that was mostly courtesy of my husband. This was his forte, not mine.
“It’s all thanks to Damon if I’m being honest. He’s the true genius behind both our home and the security system.””
He had upped it since the whole Ashton incident and I had humored him. Was it a bit excessive? Yes. But this made him feel
much better. We now had armed guards on the premises and the surveillance was some of the best that money could buy.
“Let me show you to your room.” I turned to walk him down the hall when I heard a throat clear behind us and my entire body
went stiff as stone. I turned slowly already knowing who I was going to see behind me.

“Damon.”
But my husband wasn’t looking at me. His eyes were hard set on Gabriel. The tension grew thicker in the air.
The silence was deafening. You could hear a pin drop.
“Why the fuck is he in my house?” His tone was low and calm which only added to the iciness in the room.
I should have just sent that text.