Chapter 6: A name

One month ago. The day of the Surrogacy announcement…

In the high-rise building of Maston Corp. the hundredth floor which happened to be the highest level where Donovan’s office resided. The gloom of a man In his late twenties swamped the majestic swiveling chair where he sat with his eyes closed.

At first glance he looked like he was asleep in dreamland but a closer look showed a man trapped in his nightmares! His eyes were squeezed showing signs of resistance and sweat beads formed on his forehead while his fingers crawled into the chair’s arm.

The wrinkles of his brows kept getting deeper until the sound of the door opening snapped him awake and made him subconsciously blurt out a word. The word was a name and that name was…

“Rose!”

The intruding figure took a bow and walked closer until the moonlights shining from the huge windows behind Donn brightened his frame.

“Franklin…”

“How long will you continue to torture yourself?”

A young man that seemed around the same age of Do