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

Chapter 55

“Adelaide

I ran a hand through my hair feeling the overwhelming emotions all flood into me. We had been trying to find our Samuel, the male lead for the movie, all day and I knew it was only day one but had hoped that the talent would show me something. Sadly he didn’t

“It’s just day one, Adie. Don’t worry we will find someone to play Samuel,” Jenna comforted me, placing her hand over mine under the table.

She had graciously agreed to accompany me today along with some of the writers and producers. There were a total of seven of us including me in the small room in the studio. We had been cooped up in here since seven this morning and now it was going on to three. We had seen almost twenty different actors and no one came close enough to being what we needed.

“I swear we need Gabriel Alcoretz. He would be perfect for the role but the producers reached out to his management and we haven’t heard back.” I sighed leaning back in my chair.

The news had broken that the movie was in the works and the fanbase of the series was abuzz already. I needed to deliver on this project. This could either make or break me. And I really needed it to make me.

I could see the toll this move was taking on my husband. I had been away from him and I was missing all our alone time for the sake of this movie. I needed it to be worth it. I needed him to see that this little dip was worth it.

“Adelaide,” Jenna jabbed my side, bringing my attention back to the room.

I lifted my head and as if I’d said a little spell and conjured him up myself there he was. Standing tall at just over six feet with raven black hair and striking blue eyes. Gabriel Aloretz. The camera had not done this man justice. Seeing him standing in front of me was like watching living art.

“Hello, I’m Gabriel”

“Oh we know,” Jenna shamelessly flirted with my potential lead.

To be honest I couldn’t blame her, he was handsome. But my eyes were only set on one man and that was Damon. The same man I had been hurting slowly.

I pushed down the negative feelings so I could focus on the task at hand. I needed to be present for this. Home would be taken care of outside of this room.

“Nice to meet you, Gabriel,” I smiled. “We’re so happy you could make the audition. I loved your work in Galigar.”

He smiled a wide grin. “Thank you, it was by far the best role I’ve played. Hopefully, this one will match if not supersede

that.”

“I’m sure it will. You know which scene we are reading from?”

He nodded. “Yep. The one where Samuel is meeting with Jasmine about losing the baby.”

I nodded. I lifted the script and began reading Jasmine’s lines.

“I didn’t want to hurt you, Samuel.” I read the words in a low and monotone voice to portray the heartache the character was currently experiencing in the scene. “I didn’t want you to bear this pain.”

“It wasn’t your choice Jazz.” His voice was tight and his eyes glistened. “That was my baby too. Why didn’t you tell me and don’t feed me the bullshit of you didn’t want me to feel this pain. Because I am feeling it now. What happened to sticking together? What happened to all of this together? What happened to We. Are. A. Team!!”

I paused for the dramatic effect.

“I’m sorry,” I said in a meek and small voice.

“Sorry?” He scoffed, “Sorry is all you can say to me? Did these last few months mean nothing to you? Did I mean nothing to you?

“You mean everything to me, Samuel”

“They why?!” His voice boomed against the wall causing a shiver to travel up and down my spine. “Tell me why you did this to me. To us. Why didn’t you let me help you? Why didn’t you let me take care of you and the baby?”

“Why does it matter now? You’re getting married.” I raised my voice a little. “You will get the happily ever after your mother always wanted for you.”

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“Exactly what it means,” I said in a bitter tone..

I was really getting into the scene and feeling the emotion rolling off him. His sadness and anger was palpable.

He stared at me, his eyes still wet. The intensity of the scene had my heart tightening. “Is this what we’ve come to now? I was ready to give up everything for you. My crown, my family, my kingdom. You were worth it all.”

I gulped. He was just too good. The emotion he was able to convey in one single go. This was why I had sought him out.

“You were my sun. Jazz. I revolved around you. How could you not think that I would want you and this baby.

And the room fell silent.

No one said a single word. We all just sat there in complete shock. He had delivered the performance of a lifetime and I was left speechless.

I knew I had the right guy in mind for the role.

“That…” The thickness in my voice was just evidence of how much his performance had moved me. “That was brilliant.”

Everyone at the table hummed their agreement and Jenna, of course, went the extra mile and clapped adoringly.

“Bravo, Gabriel. Bravo.”

And she was right. He deserved all those praises. The entire day we had searched high and low for anyone who could meet the bar we had in mind for Samuel. Gabriel passed the bar and then some.

There was no one else who could top this, I was sure of it. But I had to keep that thought to myself. I had an obligation to the studio to see everyone who had turned up today.

“Thank you, Gabriel, we’ll be in touch.” I gave him a soft smile trying to mask my excitement.

“Thank you, Adelaide. And I must say I have heard tremendous things about your work. I hope that this will be the start of a beautiful collaboration.” He winked and walked out of the room.

“Oh my God my panties are wet,” Jenna hissed in my ear.

“Jenna,” I smacked her arm but I couldn’t help the laugh that bubbled out of me.

“I only said what we were all thinking,” she muttered, sinking into her chair.

Steve leaned across the table and smiled at me. “I think we’re all thinking the same thing. This man is our Samuel, there are no two ways about it.”

“I 100% agree. He has the charm and the talent to convey the character well. I’m happy with what we have. But we obviously need to see everyone who showed up.”

Steve nodded. “That we do but I think now let’s look for Michael and Billy, his best friends, and see if we can spot some good talent. I have three guys in mind that we saw previously.”

“The redhead with the neck tattoo is a 10 out of 10 for sure.”

“You’re just here ogling the men aren’t you?” I shook my head at my friend. “We’re supposed to be spotting talent.”

“I deal in makeup,” she held her hands up. “My thing is looks. That’s my contribution.”

I shook my head at her. “Shall we bring in whoever is next?”

Steve nodded and went to the door to let the next person in

I had already found my lead and I was excited because now this project truly felt like it was coming alive. I now only needed to find my Jasmine and this ball could really start rolling. I only hoped that when I called Gabriel would say yes. He was the hottest thing on the market right now and I needed to grab him before someone else did.

This is it, Damon. The voice in my head tried to telepathically send the message to my husband. It’s all going to be worth it.

in the end.

I just hoped that when I finally took my head out of the sand my marriage would still be standing