The Contract.

"Why is she not here yet? I thought you said the appointment you sent is for nine O'clock? This is already few minutes past nine!" A soft but arrogant voice rang across the corners of the private room.

Amelia Elliott, an internationally known model sat on the couch and twirled a glass of wine between her fingers, she threw an impatient look at her assitant as she questioned. She did not have much free time to spare and she hated it that she had to wait for a person for that long. As good as she may appear on the screen on many, only a few insiders new how bad and erratic her attitude was to those beneath her.

"Amy, she should arrive soon, I am sorry for keeping you waiting" the assitant hurriedly responded and apologized. She discreetly glanced at the time and her watch and saw that it was indeed past nine. She silently prayed that the person they were waiting from arrived soon. She could not bear to be the victim of Amelia's anger.

"She had better arrive soon!" Amy snared and pulled her eyes away from the assistant. The assistant shook her head and let out a breath of relief that she had been holding.

Just then, the assistant's phone rang and she looked at the strings of unfamiliar number that popped up on her screen. She did not hesitate before picking up the call.

"Hello?" She voiced.

"I am standing in front of the restaurant" a short answer came through and it took a second before realisation popped into the head of the assistant. She could already guess who the caller was.

"Oh, okay! Please wait, I am coming to pick you now!" She voiced and without hanging up, she made eye contact with Amelia and signalled to her before rushing out of the room.

The assistant walked as fast as she could until she came out of the restaurant and looking frantically around for the person who called her.

Serene stood beside a car and looked straight ahead, she had stood at that same spot for almost a minute while she waited for the person to come and pick her. She knitted her eyes slightly and opened her mouth.

"I am waiting, where are you?" she demanded.

"I am outside too, look around, I am standing by the door and waving!" the other person answered.

Serene raised a delicate brow, standing by the door and waving? She tilted her head and looked in the direction of the door. That was when a figure jumped into her sight, she saw a formally dressed lady waving seriously.

"Oh, I can see you now" she muttered and hung up the call before picking up her steps and walking in the direction of the lady.

Just as she reached the front of the lady who was also the assistant to Amelia, she forced a smile and parted her lips,

"Hello, I am Serene" she expressed. Although she felt slightly uncomfortable with the way the other person was sizing her up, she could only bear with it.

"I am Jane, Amelia Elliott's assistant" The assistant answered curtly. She pulled her eyes away from Serene's body and also offered a polite smile. She could not just come up with any excuse to be rude to Serene, she found her good-natured and simple.

"Come with me, Amy's been waiting for you" Jane voiced out to Serene and turned around.

Serene nodded, she already guessed that the 'Amy' must be the Famous model that Paige mentioned and it should be the same person who would be offering her the job.

The two ladies walked until they got to the private room. Serene followed after the assistant and entered the room. She saw a woman sitting in the room, she was dressed in an exotic red dress which Serene could not tell what brand it is and her manicured fingernails played on the edge of the table.

Amy heard the approaching footsteps and she raised her head, her gaze fell on Serene and fixed her eyes on her. At first, she revealed an astonished expression which later turned to an emotionless stare. One could not tell what she was thinking at that time. 

"Sit!" She ordered and Serene walked to the empty chair across her. Since she entered the room, she had not revealed any emotions which made her look like a robot. The model expected her to be in awe of her presence however, she was disappointed and that filled her with slight irritation. She gulped the wine in her glass and pushed the glass away. 

"You are Serene?" Amy began and looked at Serene as though she wanted to pierce through her with her eyes. 

"Yes" Serene answered. 

"You need money, correct?" Amelia found Seren boring so she jumped straight to her point. 

Serene was a bit skeptical when she heard the model's question, she narrowed her eyes slightly and spared a second before answering. 

"Yes" 

"I can pay you as much as you need and in exchange, you do something for me. Do you think you are capable?" Amy uttered. 

Serene arched a brow and looked straight at Amelia, "what do you want?" She asked with a straight face. 

Even if she was in dire need of money, heavens bear her witness that she would not do anything illegal. Amelia saw her robotic expression and she snickered. 

"I won't ask you to carry drugs, you don't even look like you can do that" she mocked with disdain but Serene remained peaceful. 

"What is the job about?" Serene questioned again. 

"I am getting married soon, I have to bear a child but I cannot do that now so I need a person to carry the child on my behalf" Amy explained while fixing her gaze on Serene. It was as though she wanted to intimidate the Serene but it was just not working out as expected. 

"You want be to be a surrogate mother?" Serene uttered, she immediately grab the main point of the discussion. 

"Yes," Amy did not deny it. "But, you are not only going to be a surrogate Mom, you will live with my husband within the months of the pregnancy. This arrangement is going to be a secret one that is why you will be kept in his home to avoid any exposure" 

Serene frowned when she heard this, she looked at the lady and opened her, "then, what about you?" She could not help but ask. 

Amy raised her brows and smiled. "I am a career woman, and I am very busy. Of course, during this time, I will be busy with work. You do not have to worry, my husband to be is okay with the arrangement. You just have to stay at home, enjoy money for a while until you give birth to our child. I will pay you salary for each month as long as you cooperate" 

Serene gave the matter a thought for a while. She just have to help carry a baby, no matter how she looked at it, it does not sound bad. Perhaps, it was because she had no other alternative and this seemed to be the best one. 

"I agree" she muttered. 

"Good" Amy smiled, it went easier than she expected and Serene was not even demanding at all. She waved at her assitant, "give her the contract" she ordered. 

Jane took out the contract they had prepared and handed it over to Serene who simply flipped through to the last page and sighed her name. Amy arched her brows and her smile even deepened. 

"All done!"