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CHAPTER 171

Author: Black Rose
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-12 21:48:57

OLIVIA

The past two weeks passed with Ethan and Marcus doing background checks on the young woman we chose, to be our surrogate. Marcus liked the young woman and so did I. But he had a feeling about her and didn’t want us to go ahead without checking her out. When Ethan heard about that, he offered his services as well.

They had been at it for the past two weeks and would meet every evening to compare notes. If you ask me, they finished their investigation two days after they started and were just buying time saying they were still busy. Marcus was starting to enjoy Ethan’s company and were now starting to establish a real friendship.

I liked that, Marcus had no friends there, all his friends were back in London, he needed to have someone here to talk to other than me. as much as I wanted them to be friends, they were not going to do that at my expense. I walked to his study to talk to them about the issue at hand.

I could hear laughter even before I could knock. I decided to push t
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dreamy
and still this woman who thinks she is above everyone will do what she want to do ,coz why not otherwise how the story will drag like chewing gum.
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Tracy Burl
She should really listen to Ethan and her husband. She needs to interview more women and find someone else. Ethan has always been there for her and she knows it.
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Angela
She should listen to Ethan he has always had her best interest at heart. He’s helped her when no one else would.
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