Cresha Walters, a simple but loving daughter of a poor woman and a rich man. Her life with her mom was so simple without her dad and happy but when her mom was caught in a car accident, she was so heartbroken and devastated to do anything for her to live. She even borrowed and owed money from their landlord but he threatened her that he was going to sell her if she can't pay within a month. In order for him not to sell her, Cresha agreed to be a Surrogate after being contacted and accepted, but she doesn't know that her life would be more in danger being under one roof with her match, Ace Scott, who is one of the famous and wealthiest CEO all around.
Chapter 1 1. Saving news
"I'm giving you a month to settle your bill, but if you failed to pay me... You know what I am going to do." Mr. Sand smirked and caressed Cresha's face.
Cresha can't say anything. Her body was shaking nervously. Mr. Sand is her landlord in their apartment, and she didn't pay rent for how many months, and even borrowed money from him.
"I will pay you!" she yelled and slapped his hand away.
Mr. Sand is already in his 40's already, he's single, and a maniac. The reason why Cresha borrowed and didn't pay rent to him was that she needed it for her mom's hospital bills. She has no one to borrow.
"Wow!" he scoffed and glared at her.
She closed her eyes when he nearly slapped her.
"Don't you dare do that to me, Cresha. You know what I can do. After a month, I am going to come back here." Mr. Sand said to her and left.
Cresha hurriedly closed and locked the door nervously. What he meant was that, he was going to sell her to his clients if she failed to pay him. He's not just a landlord, but he's also doing illegal things inside his club.
"Oh God, what can we do?" Her best friend, Aira, was very worried about her after telling her what happened earlier.
They're currently at the hospital, inside her mom's room. It's been four months already and there has been no progress. The doctor even told her to decide whether to let her go, but she can't just let go. She did everything to find a job but looked like no one was going to hire an undergraduate like her.
"I don't know, Aira." Cresha sighed.
She went home like nothing happened. She looked at her wallet and sighed when she only had $5 left. Cresha Walters closed her eyes. Her life wasn't like this before.
Her mom was driving home when a truck drunk driver hit her car and the driver died. Because she was such a kind person, she didn't dare asked for money from the driver's family, because they're poor like them. She stopped studying to find work, but she failed. That's why she borrowed money from Mr. Sand to cover her mom's surgery and bills at first.
"Why don't go to your dad?" She can't stop thinking about what Aira asked her.
Cresha smirked at that thought remembering that she has a rich dad but doesn't care about her and her mother. The last time she showed up at his door to ask for money, his wife just pushed her away and locked the door right in her face. The fact that Cresha's his illegitimate daughter, and his family don't know about them, just his wife. While she was staring at her dad's photo given by her mom, her phone started ringing. She got curious when an unknown caller called her.
"Hello?" she answered the call.
"Good day, is this Miss Cresha Walters?" a woman from the other line asked.
Cresha looked at the number again, but she really didn't know.
"Yes, wh-y?" she asked the woman again.
"We called to inform you that you have been accepted to our Billionaire Surrogate Program. In our data, you've applied last week, and even did the tests. Are you free to come by at our agency tomorrow?" her eyes grew wider.
Her mind starts to process that program. She remembered applying there because she's going receive such an amount.
"Ye-s, sure! I'll come by tomorrow. Thank you very much!" She was so happy.
Cresha can't stop smiling widely. Looking back at her application there, she can receive huge amount from her match. She never talked about that even to her best friend, because she doesn't want Aira to judge her.
"This is it." Cresha took a deep breath as she entered the agency.
She was still very nervous and embarrassed. She even wore formally.
"Miss Walters! I'm glad you arrived. By the way, I am Mrs. Brown." the woman introduced herself as the woman who called her last night.
Mrs. Brown looked in her 30's, and she was so pretty that Cresha couldn't stop staring at her.
"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Brown." she answered politely.
Mrs. Brown just nodded and smiled at her. She can see that Cresha was still young, but because she read her reasons why she applied to be part of the program, she was the one who accepted her.
"Come here, let's go inside my office and talk about certain matters." Mrs. Brown told her.
They entered her office and she even offered Cresha a cup of tea.
"T-hank you." Cresha shyly bowed her head.
Mrs. Brown chuckled and scoffed.
"Nah, no worries. I called you yesterday with the fact that you were perfectly fit for this job. And I didn't have time to inform you that you have already a match, because I know you were coming here already." she smiled.
Cresha's eyes grew bigger, and her palms start to get wet
"W-hat? I am going to meet my match already?" she asked nervously.
Mrs. Brown can see how nervous and worried she was.
"Yes! But don't you worry because he chose you after reading your data. You're very pretty and I know this guy wants a good gene." She even jokes to ease Cresha's nervousness.
Cresha just laughed at what Mrs. Brown told her. She never thought she was going to appreciate her.
"Th-ank you for that." She just giggled a bit and drank her tea.
After some time chatting with Mrs. Brown, her secretary informed her that Cresha's match had already arrived. As soon she reminded Cresha about it, she couldn't stop her heart from beating so fast. This is the first time she was going to do this.
"Miss Walters, I'd like you to meet Mr. Scott." Mrs. Brown said as she opened the door.
Cresha's eyes grew wider when she saw a familiar guy in front of her wearing such expensive tuxedo and slacks. He's Ace Scott, and she has been crushing and idolizing him since she saw and watched him on Television. Meeting his blue eyes makes her look away faster.
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