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

Chapter 94

Adelante

Waking up to the sound of waves crashing on the shores was a different kind of tranquility. It was a welcome change from the usual hustle and bustle of the day-to-day LA lifestyle that I had become accustomed to.

I woke up beside my sister in complete and utter paradise today. Hoved seeing the peace and the calm on her face. She had been so tense since the mendent with Tabitha and who could blame her The woman was as deranged as they came. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

She had somehow got it into her head that she and Ashton were meant to be. If I was being honest it kind of reminded me of another psychotic woman who was trying to be me

No, none of that I scolded myself Today I would only think of good things and no need to dwell on people like Angela when I was in literal paradise.

Damon had done good.

We were on a production break and I had just planned to spend the break at home with my husband and my sister. But a quick getaway to Mau was exactly what Corima needed and seeing her happy made me feel more at ease

This woman had been through so much because of that asshole that I still had the displeasure of calling my brother-in-law. 1 still did not understand how Damon and he could even share the same DNA. They were two very different people.

For starters, Damon had a heart and Ashton did not. I would not be surprised if we opened him up and found nothing but smoke and mirrors. The man loved himself far too much and it still baffled me that I

thought that I had loved him.

I sipped on the tea that I had made myself after getting out of bed. I had wanted to watch the sunrise above the horizon 1 could see orange and yellow pant the skies as the sun kissed the dark night sky goodbye.

“What are you doing up so early?” My little sister came out onto the porch and walked over to sit beside me on the swing that was attached to the porch. “Tea?”

“Ginger tea. The husband says that it will curl the morning sickness-it’s so nasty. But he said that I need to drink every morning when I get up and he made me promise so here I am.”

To be honest I had gotten used to the taste now. I could stomach it and it did help with the nausea and made me feel a little more awake without the need for coffee

“I still can’t believe that you’re pregnant,” she smiled at me looking at my barely-there stomach. There were days when I thought I could see a little bump but it would turn out to be just bloating. “You’re going to make me an aunty. Probably the only good thing that’s currently happening in my life.”

“Rina.” I reached for her hand and she intertwined our fingers together “Your life is going well. Granted we have to deal with that asshole but at least you’ve started your dream career and you’re finding your footing in this world. That alone is so hard to do.”

“I just feel like a failure.” She blinked back the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes. “I wanted this marriage to work. I wanted him to be the person that he painted himself to be to me in the beginning days. I had believed him I had bought into the crap he was selling me and L…” Words failed her and the tears just continued to fill her eyes.

Ashton Steyn was the only man who ever made me consider murder. I hated to see my sister in pain. She had come a long way to heal the wounds of her past arul she deserved to be loved wholly and

fully-not what this man was doing to her.

“I think it’s time you let go, Rina. Holding onto him will do you no good. He’s done nothing but hurt you”

The first tear fell and I swear that I saw the exact moment her heart shattered. It tore at my heart to think of how much pain was swirling inside of her. She has to navigate this new life of hers and deal with the death of the relationship that she had poured everything she had into.

Now the media was spinning stories and trying to make her out to be the bad guy. They were calling her a gold digger and a fame whore They were even saying that she had tried to trap him with a baby even though he wanted nothing to do with

her

I knew where these whispers were coming from, it didn’t take a genius to figure it out. It was that little cowardly man who was in hiding

But he would never admit to doing anything because he knew that Damon would be on him like white on rice.

I just held my sister while she wept at my side. She let out the pain that she had been carrying for weeks, months if not years. The woman had been so brave and strong but now she just needed to let go of that burden she was holding onto,

There were moments in life you had to decide for yourself am I hurting myself more by holding on Or am I better off just letting go and dealing with the aftermath that remained?

These were questions that all needed to be answered by her and her alone.

When her cries had lessened and her heart seemed more settled, we just sat on the porch watching the sunrise and welcoming the new day.

We had a week away here and we would use that time to reconnect with ourselves. We were both on new and exciting journeys, albeit she was saying goodbye to something but this was her chance at a rebirth. She could become anyone she wanted to be from this moment on. She didn’t have to stay stuck in this one-dimensional version of herself.

*I’m scared,” she whispered into the tranquil atmosphere. “I’m scared of what this new life of mine looks like. I haven’t been single for a very long time and 1 I don’t know how to be alone.”

I turned to look at her and she had her eyes set ahead to the waves. But I could tell from the way her shoulders sagged her features were contorted with worry.

I grabbed her hand in mine again and gave it a gentle squeeze. “Nobody ever said that you had to do things with bravery all the time. It’s okay to step into new horizons scared. If you can’t do it bravely, then do it scared. Do it terrified. But no matter what you have to just do it. You can’t stay still. You can’t stay stagnant. You have to keep moving because the world doesn’t stop for you.”

It was a hard truth I had to learn especially on my journey with my husband. I had to step into the unknown and hope that somehow I made it out alive.

“But just know,” I said as I pulled her into my side. “I will be right by your side through it all, okay? I will be right by your side no matter what. We are fighters, Rina. If we survived our parents then you can surely bet that we can survive anything else that life decides to throw at us.”

She nodded, laying her head on my shoulder. “You and me against it all”

“You and me.” I echoed her words in confirmation.

If war was what Ashton wanted then war was what I would give him and this time I wasn’t bringing a knife to a gunfight.