"Will you be a surrogate mother for the Anderson family? I can pay you a high price." Elena is a 22-year-old woman who was forced to sign a contract to become a surrogate mother at a young age. She did so for the survival of her younger brother, Eross. The Andersons are a respected family in their country, and now Elena has to deal with the notoriously scary and creepy Zevan Anderson. She even has to carry Zevan's child because Luna no longer has a uterus. After getting pregnant, will Elena run away with her child? Or give it away because they are the Anderson family?
"Let go of me!" said Elena rebelling in Kelvin's grip.
"Let go of you? It's not that easy Elena!" said the man who was obsessed with the woman in front of him.
"Our relationship ended a long time ago! I don't want to be with you anymore! You and my father... Tsk! You're no different!" said Elena with tears in her eyes.
Apart from being scared because she felt threatened, Elena also felt hurt. Where her ex was obsessed with her. Wherever Elena went, she was always monitored and followed until Elena was at the point of exhaustion.
Kelvin is Elena's ex-lover who has fallen into a dark world. Apart from being an alcoholic, Kelvin is also a gambler and drug dealer. He was born into a wealthy family. However, because of his behavior, Kelvin was kicked out of his house.
"We broke up a long time ago!" said Elena, feeling her hands go numb from Kelvin's unrelenting grip.
"Who said we broke up? You'll be mine forever! And if you want to be free of me..." Kelvin's words hung, making Elena even more afraid.
"If I can't have you, then no one else can! Including your dead parents! Do you understand?" asked Kelvin shouting next to Elena's ear.
Elena was traumatized by her father and now she had to face Kelvin's behavior that was the same as her late father. Elena clenched her hands together and tightened her jaw.
PLAK!
Elena's palm stung after slapping Kevin hard. "Watch what you say!" Elena said angrily.
His cheek, which had just been slapped by Elena, clearly made Kelvin's emotions soar. His head was a little dizzy from the slap.
"You're such an asshole, Kelvin! Do you think I'll always bend the knee to you? You're just a damn man who has no future! No wonder your parents kicked you out of-" Elena's words trailed off.
Before Elena could finish her sentence, Kelvin picked her up bridal style and walked towards his car.
"Let go of me, you bastard!" Elena rebelled, and suddenly, her body was thrown into the car with a bang. "Aw!" Elena complained.
"Stop it! Stop Kelvin! Stop the car! Oh shit!" Elena kept trying to open the car door and banging on the car glass that was locked on each side.
Kelvin continued to drive the car at high speed. He ignored Elena's screams and punches.
"Where are you taking me? I don't want to come with you! You're a human asshole! Drop me off right here! You asshole!" cursed Elena, and this time, she even hit Kelvin on the head with her shoe.
Kelvin stopped the car and took out a handkerchief that had been treated with anesthetic liquid. Anyone who inhaled it would instantly lose consciousness.
"Please don't!" Elena tried to push away Kelvin's body as the handkerchief was aimed at her face.
But to no avail, Kelvin's strength was much greater. So, before Elena completely lost consciousness, she said, "Fuck you, Kelvin! Go to hell!"
"You're too stubborn, Elena. Feel the consequences of what you did to me," Kelvin said while caressing the cheek of the unconscious Elena. "Sweet dreams baby,"
******
A car stopped with a loud screech in front of a large house that looked unkempt. Kelvin carried Elena's bridal style into the large, old house.
"I want to sell this woman, how much is a fair price for this woman? I've never touched her."
"And where is Zevan Anderson?" asked Kelvin who then lit a cigarette.
"Where am I?" asked Elena, holding her dizzy head. "I want to get out of here, move!"
"Anyone who has entered here will not be able to get out again," said someone who had just entered the house.
A tall man with broad shoulders walked up to Kelvin who was holding Elena's body from leaving.
"Show me what you want to sell, I want to see her face," ordered the man who had a snake tattooed on his arm.
"How much do you want to sell this woman for?" asked Zevan Anderson after seeing Elena's face clearly, but the woman was not fully conscious.
"I'll sell her for $10,000, you can make a lot of profit if you use her as a mistress or sell her to a man who wants to buy her for many times the price since I've never touched her," Kelvin said while looking at Zevan with a big smile.
Zevan nodded and... "Did you never touch it?" asked Zevan, unconvinced.
"Mmh... of course not," said Kelvin thoughtfully. There was no way if the two of them had never had sex.
"Because she doesn't want to be my lover anymore. Then I'll sell her to you. Hurry up, I want the money now!" said Kelvin excitedly.
"Okay, agreed! I'll buy your stuff at that price," said Zevan and Kelvin who were now shaking hands. And after receiving the check, Kelvin left.
As Zevan shook hands with Kelvin, Elena suddenly spoke softly. "Where did Kelvin go? Why did he leave me here?" Elena said while holding her head which felt dizzy.
"Take him to an empty room," ordered Zevan, who chose to walk back to his office, leaving Elena with his men.
"Aaaa! What do you want to do? Let go of me, you bastard!" Elena immediately screamed to be released as her body was carried by two large men. She was still not fully conscious and did not understand what was going on.
"Please, let me go!" Elena shouted to Zevan who was walking away.
However, Elena only caught a glimpse of Zevan's face. "Who was that man?" Elena asked herself.
Elena was taken to a small room with only a thin mattress and a small table.
"You stay here," said one of Zevan's men. Elena fell to the floor after they pushed her. Then, two of Zevan's guards locked the small room again.
"Fuck... Fuck... Shit!" cursed Elena who didn't even know where she was.
Elena looked around her; inside the room, she only saw a vent. Elena stared at the vent with narrowed eyes.
"I think I can get out of here through that vent!" Elena muttered confidently. "I'll use this little table to climb up!" said Elena who then climbed up the table until she reached the vent.
"I can finally reach this vent!" Elena tried to look out of the vent. "It's quiet, there are no guards there," Elena said again after seeing that the place was safe without guards or anything.
"This house is old, it shouldn't be hard to open a wooden vent that only has one line in the center like this."
Elena was right in her thinking. The wood was already brittle and termite-eaten, so it shouldn't be too difficult to destroy the vent.
"Now I have to jump up and leave quickly!" said Elena as she climbed out of the vent. Fortunately, her small body could get out of the vent easily.
Elena jumped towards the grass below which muffled the sound of her jump. She quickly climbed over the fence and left the old house. As she ran away from the old building. Suddenly her cell phone vibrated.
["What about your brother who is in the hospital? If I take his hospital equipment, his life won't be helped. Isn't that so?"] said the person who called her suddenly.
Elena let out a long sigh as a debt collector contacted her for being in arrears for a month. "Oh my! I have no money at all; now, what should I do?" Elena mumbled through tears.
"Please give me one more week. I will try to pay it." Elena said while sobbing.
["Two days, I'll give you two days. Remember, two days! If you don't pay later... listen, your brother will follow your parents. Do you understand?"] said the man on the other side.
******
Inside a car stopped on a lonely road, a beautiful woman was crying inside.
"God, why did you take away my womb? You know how much Zevan wanted us to have children after we got married!" said Luna Anderson who was crying in her car.
"It's been five years since we got married, but I'll never be able to give Zevan a child! Is it fair that Zevan has worked so hard for me and I've done nothing for him?" Luna said angrily. Tears continued to flow non-stop, and Luna's heart felt tight.
Feeling like she couldn't take this mess, Luna chose to call her husband.
"Hello dear, let's find another solution so that the Anderson family can still have offspring. How about we find a surrogate mother?" Luna said to Zevan.
["Luna, are you crazy? Of course not! Get that crazy idea out of your mind! I don't mind at all if we don't have any offspring!"]
Suddenly someone got into Luna's car, "Hey! Who are you?! Why are you getting into my car like this?!" Luna asked the woman and immediately turned off the call to Zevan.
"Please help me, please! I've just been kidnapped," Elena said as she folded her arms in front of her chest looking pleading.
"You were kidnapped?!" asked the woman, who then looked at Elena's disheveled appearance with a trembling body, looking very scared.
"Alright, you stay here, I'll take you to a safe place," said a woman who drove away in her car.
"Hey, this place is safe, this is my house," said a beautiful woman with a tall body like an international model. Elena gaped at the palace-like mansion.
There were bodyguards in every corner outside the house. Not to mention the servants who didn't know how many there were.
"Actually, who is this woman? Is she an important person in this country? Then, why didn't I realize it?" asked Elena in her heart.
"What's your name?" asked the woman sitting next to Elena. "Drink first," she said again after her servant came with two glasses of water.
"My name is Elena, Elena Briar," said Elena nervously.
"My name is Luna. Luna Anderson. You, why were you kidnapped?" asked the beautiful woman named Luna.
"Because my ex is crazy!" replied Elena who didn't want to tell too much to a stranger.
"Oh my. So, where are you going now? We can call the police-"
"Please don't go to the police. This matter will become more complicated. If you're willing, please take me to New Star Hospital."
"Oh, okay," Luna replied kindly. Luna didn't say much either. It was obvious from Elena's movements that the woman was still traumatized by what had just happened to her.
Arriving at the New Star Hospital, Elena and Luna immediately walked down the corridor to a room. But while in the middle of the corridor, Elena's hand was held by someone until she had to turn around to see who was holding her hand.
"Pay your debt! I've been looking for you everywhere since yesterday!" said the person holding her who turned out to be a debt collector.
"Sorry sir, I don't have any money right now. I'm frustrated right now. I'm asking for an extension!" said Elena to the debt collector who was different from the debt collector who threatened her brother's life in the previous call.
Yes, Elena has a lot of debts and arrears at the moment. Because she is the one who takes care of all the needs of her brother who is struggling with his illness.
"I don't care! You have to pay now! If you don't want to pay... you have to come with me!" said the dept collector who immediately pulled Elena away.
"Wait! What the hell? She just had an unpleasant experience and you want to just take her away?" Luna said angrily seeing Elena being treated so harshly.
"You better shut up! This has nothing to do with you!" said the debt collector boldly yelling at Luna Anderson.
Luna couldn't believe that she had just been rudely yelled at by a lowly debt collector.
"How much does Elena owe you?" asked Luna in a low tone, she couldn't be nice to people who were not nice to her.
"$5000. Do you have the money?" the debt collector asked with one eyebrow raised high.
"Elena!" called a doctor from the side of the corridor who looked agitated as she walked a little faster towards the three of them.
"Eross is now in critical condition. And there is a problem with his administration. Can you come with me to my room for a moment?" the doctor asked.
"What? How is that possible?" asked Elena in shock. Elena's body went limp when she heard that.
Elena brushed off the debt collector's hand and ran after the doctor to his room.
"Elena! Pay your debt!" shouted the collector.
However, Elena ignored the debt collector's shout. At that moment, her heart was really worried about her brother's condition.
And Luna kept following where Elena was going.
"Elena, what about your brother's administrative problems? I can't give you any more time to pay. The hospital has already reprimanded me because you are always late in paying the bills." The doctor said with a heavy heart.
"If Eross doesn't do dialysis again, his condition will be more critical. Did you know that this morning, the head of the hospital told one of the nurses to remove the hospital equipment from Eross' body?" the doctor said with a heavy heart.
Elena swallowed with difficulty. Her and her brother's lives seemed hopeless at the moment.
"But I don't have any money right now. What if I pay him next week?" Elena asked weakly. That was all she could say at the moment.
The doctor could only let out a long sigh. He had helped Elena a lot, but he could no longer help because his career was also starting to be threatened.
"Alright, one week. I will try to talk to the head of the hospital. If you haven't paid within one week. I'm sorry, I can no longer help you, Elena. The hospital requested that Eross be discharged."
Luna felt compassion and concern for Elena's story. "Poor thing, she has to live this hard all by herself," she said to herself.
Looking at Elena's beautiful face, her tall body. And most importantly, Elena needed a lot of money.
Suddenly, a crazy idea came to Luna.
"Thank you, Doctor. I'll try to find the money, no matter what," Elena said even though she had no idea where to get that much money in just one week.
Not to mention, debt collectors were threatening Elena every second.
"In an hour, your brother will finish his therapy," said the doctor.
"Yes, Doc, thank you." They quickly made their way to the room where Eross was being treated.
"Elena, can we talk for a minute?" Luna asked with a serious face.
"Elena... I'll help you pay off all your hospital bills and debts," Luna said, speaking when there was no one in the deserted hospital corridor.
"What do you mean?" No hypocrite, Elena, who was in need of money, now felt some hope.
"Yes, I will fulfill all your needs. As long as you can also cooperate with me,"
Elena didn't answer, she let Luna finish her sentence.
"I can't have children because my uterus has been removed since the beginning of the marriage."
"Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that." Elena immediately felt sad when she heard that from Luna.
"And I'm looking for a woman, to produce offspring for the Anderson family... I think you're the right person, Elena."
"Mrs... I mean, how? What do I have to do for that?"
"We need each other right now, you need money and I need offspring. Therefore, I would like you and my husband to have intercourse to produce offspring for the Anderson family. More precisely, to be a surrogate mother. How about it, Elena? Are you willing?"
Then, how would Elena answer? Would she agree to Luna's ridiculous idea? Or would she reject it outright?
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