With the resolve of never getting married, Billionaire Alexander Lorenzo needs an heir to take over the rest of his father's companies. In a bid to get an heir, he signs up for a surrogacy program. Daisy Marcello is a human definition of desperate. She is on the verge of dropping out of college and no help is forthcoming except one. When she is offered a million dollar surrogacy contract by Alexander Lorenzo, with stringent rules, she doesn't think twice before signing up for it. Alexander's essential rule of carrying a baby with no strings attached becomes subjective when he and Daisy's paths cross.
View MoreDaisy's POVJust like the exact dream I had when I was sleeping so soundly in Alex's suite, a night after we met at the club, I find myself falling from a high building and I jerk awake in fright.There are sweats all over me which is revealing how long I must have been having that scary dream.Why do I keep having this sort of nightmare?It feels real like it is happening already but I am not falling off any building. I am still laying on my bed, unlike the other time when I fell off the bed.That was probably because I was hungover from the previous night's drink. The eerie silence and the darkness is adding to my fear as I hurriedly sit up in bed, my breathing heavy and my hands trembling in fear.Quickly, my hands find their way to the side drawer and I grab my phone to dial the first number on my contact.Alex.He isn't a heavy sleeper so he is going to know that his phone is ringing, except if his phone is on silent mode.Just before it starts to ring, I feel a sharp pain in my
Alex's POVAfter getting a call from home, I rush out of my office and instruct Kelvin to take me home. When he drives the car out of the company's parking lot, I place a call to the doctor as fear begins to grip me with different questions popping up in my head.Is she in pain? Is that why she is crying? Does it hurt a lot?Did something happen?Agnes picks up the call at the fifth ring. "Hello, Alex."Without beating about the bush, I go straight to the point of my call. "I just got a call from home now. The head maid said Daisy is crying."Silence ensues in contradiction to what I am expecting. I am thinking she will gasp or shout and ask us to come to the hospital immediately."Are you there?" I ask quickly."Yes. Why is she crying?""I have no idea," I shrug as if she can see me. "She hasn't been eating too like you said she would.""Is that why she is crying?""I don't know, Agnes. Do you think she is fine? Should we come to the hospital right away? Will she be ok? You said she
Daisy's POVI wake up with a yawn and a loud growl in my stomach. My stomach feels empty, way too empty like I have nothing in there and the host inside of me is already feeding off my intestines.Quickly, I scramble out of bed to go see what they have in the kitchen, uncaring about how I look right now.Brenda and some of the girls are already suspecting that I am expecting a baby because of how they stare at me coldly and also share knowing looks between themselves. I am not bothered by any of that if they won't come to ruin what I have here with Alex's parents.When I am gone, they can do and undo whatever, I won't care then because I will be far away from them and from here.As soon as I am done with my final papers, I will have my things packed up to leave New York City and if possible America.I don't want to be reminded of any of these. I don't want to share any bond with the baby as well.I have been careful enough to take this as purely business just like Alex wants it. His a
Alex's POVIt's been a month already and I still haven't gotten used to the idea of having a woman at home, pregnant with no huge appetite like I know of other women.I still haven't been able to get rid of the constant distractions at the office either. I always watch my phone, expecting it to ring at any time.Sometimes, I wonder if I am desperate for some bad news because I focus more on my phone than my work.The doctor said everything is going fine but I still can't help the worry I feel whenever I leave for work in the morning and when I get home at night.Daisy is a strong woman indeed. She tries to hide how she feels most times and there is nothing I can do since she doesn't want me to know where it hurts and where it doesn't.Because I didn't want her to be going back and forth in school because of the stress and the baby, I employed a driver for her. He takes her to school and back from school. Whenever she wants to visit my Mother while I am at work, he takes her there too.
Daisy's POVFeeling much better than I felt this morning, I take a shower and also wash my hair.With a towel on my head drying out the liquid and another white towel around my bosom, I walk out of the bathroom, my flip-flop making a flip-flip sound as I walk to the dresser.Watching myself in the mirror, the memories of what happened this morning come rushing; how I threw up everything I ate last night and how I couldn't eat much, probably because I had no appetite or because it was Alex feeding me and it felt so uncomfortable.I would have gone for the latter but since he left, I haven't had any other thing except doughnuts.I love them. And there are many of them here. In the kitchen.I ate two with orange juice before going back to bed. When I woke up, I felt better, which was the reason why I decided to take a bath before Alex comes back home.I don't want him to be worried about me or the baby. By the time he is back, I will be my normal self and he will have no cause for alarm.
Alex's POVDistraction is something that rarely happens to me whenever I am at work. I am always focused on work because it is important and this is my life but today, I am a little distracted because another part of my life is at home.I am troubled about Daisy and the baby. The doctor said they are fine and we can come back next time for an ultrasound.Daisy has been really weak since she threw up this morning and I almost skipped work because of that. I am deeply don'tied about her and I wonder why she is feeling this way even after the doctor announced that she is healthy enough to carry the baby.I still can't believe that puke was normal. How can someone throw up that much and still not have any appetite to eat?Pushing the paper in front of me away and dropping my pen, I pick up my phone and dial Natasha's number.It rings and she picks on the second ring."Hi, Natasha", I say into the phone, leaning backward on the chair. This is the only thing that can make me concentrate. At
Daisy's POVMy eyes flutter open as a wave of dizziness and nausea sweeps through me.Just then, a soft knock comes to the door.Now I don't know if I woke up because of nausea or because of the knock. Before I can open my mouth to answer the door, it hits me again, making me scramble out of bed and head for the bathroom with my hands over my mouth.Just before I get to the toilet seat, I lose my strength and puke on the floor. Quickly, I open the toilet seat and puke into it.A growl escapes my mouth as I puke with all my strength.Trying to avoid staining my silk nightwear, I move closer till I have no strength anymore."Daisy?" Someone calls out from behind and I recognize the voice to be Alex. "Dammit, what happened?"I can't answer him. My eyes are closed and my head is still hanging down in exhaustion.Alex raises my head and splashes water from a bowl on my face. "Are you ok?"I can't talk.He continues to splash water on my body, making me feel cold all of a sudden. Maybe I t
Ryan's POVIt is 3 pm. Kelvin is driving me to Daisy's school and I am going through some paper works at the back of the car in silence.I don't know how long it will take us at the hospital considering the time of the appointment which is why I came along with them. There are important and I need to finish up with them before tomorrow morning.When we get to the hospital, I will keep them aside till we get home. If we leave the hospital early, then I will go back to the office to round up.Wondering what type of clothes Daisy must be wearing today, my attention becomes divided.I look up to see that Kelvin is slowing down in front of the campus gate. Students are trooping out already and I quickly drop the paper in my hand so I can give her a call.It rings. But there is no answer.I dial the number again and it rings for a while before going to voicemail.I told her to always keep her phone beside her, especially when I want to come to pick her up from school. How will I find her
Daisy's POVThe ride back home is in extreme silence. I wish he would just answer my question and break the awkward silence but he is bent on keeping silent and keeping me in the dark for as long as he wants.This is unfair on my part. Extremely unfair.I am scared. Meeting with his lovely parents and seeing how much they love me already isn't doing any good to put a stop to my fears.His silence is only adding to it.He lied. On my behalf. We didn't discuss this. I might be the one at the receiving end and also the one to benefit most from this deal but I deserve to know certain things such as this.Why did he lie? Why didn't he inform me beforehand that he was going to lie to his mother about my real identity?What if they find out, how will I defend myself? Will they continue liking me even if they find out everything was lies?I sigh heavily and look out of the window as the car enters through the gate into his mansion. Everywhere is silent already and I can't wait to get into
Daisy's POVShaking my waist to the loud sound of music is what I do to take away the pain and sadness I always feel.But today, shaking my waist, twirling, turning, and shouting aren't solving any of my problems. The pain isn't going away either.I am thinking drinking myself to a stupor will help but nothing is working.Right now, all I feel like doing is letting it all out. Crying it out. Then maybe I will feel better.The moment I stop dancing and turn to find my way to the bathroom, my eyes meet with a guy.This is the same guy who has had his eyes on me for over thirty minutes since I have been doing nothing but dancing to end my sorrows.I am not here for a man. I am here to drink and take my sorrows away and also find somewhere to sleep.My legs almost give me away as I find myself staggering towards the bathroom of the club, ignoring the man with the burning gaze.My eyes burn with hot tears, willing to push their way down my face, to let out the pent-up anger, anguish, and f
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