THE SURROGATE FOR THE CEO

y Carter's nose. It was the smell of fear, o

gery is scheduled for next Friday. But the hospital requires a fifty

gunshot. She made barely three thousand a month waitressing and doing

ng. She squeezed her mother's frail, sleeping h

tears blurring her vision, when her phone

nt the money, come to the Blake Tower. Top floor. Be he

d for a job. She had applied

a cab, and twenty-five minutes later, she was standing in the glass

to an office that felt more like a mus

he city skyline. He didn't turn around when she walked in. He wore a dark,

he said. His voice was deep,

fic" Lily

are." Adri

oldness in his dark eyes that made her shiver. He wasn't looking at he

desk and slid a thick docum

he co

paper. In bold black letters, the

" Lily asked, her heart h

ir. You need two hundred thousand d

her face. "You want to buy my

mediately. You will undergo the medical procedure. Once the child is born, you will sign over all parental rights, and you will walk away

y against the floor. "You are insane. T

it's entirely legal. My lawyers, of course. I don't have time for romance, Ms. Carter, and I don't believ

ily spat, turnin

ose your mother will just have to deal with her failing heart. It's a

e door handle. Tears of sheer rage a

hadn't moved. He was a predator

onster," sh

ack pen and holding it out to her. "Sign the papers, L

en. She hated him. She hated the contract. Bu

se on the desk-a photograph of Adrian standing next to a beautiful, smiling woman. Lily recogniz

e photo. "Is this the woman whose place I'm ta

oved faster than a snake, his hand snapping out to grab Lily

s from hers, "ever mention her name

es, she didn't just see a cold billionaire. Sh

ree, picked up the pen, and scra

grabbed the contract, shoved it

r and walking back to the window. "The car will p