The Virgin Surrogate And The Billionaire CEO

oors and private gardens screamed of legacy carved in granite. Damian hated it,every corrido

father sat in a high-backed black leather chair, a glass of wine carefully balanced between his veined fingers. Age has not softened him, the lines on

out giving Damian a glance, hi

er into the room, shutting the door behind

rp features, the steel-gray eyes so much like his own, met his without flinch

,'' Gregory said. "

been one to go straight to the point, and not beat around th

The terms are simple: no heir, no inheritance. If you want Blackwood Enterprises, if

nd the room went silent, pin drop silent. The amber liquor swirled as Damian stared into i

on't ?" Dam

board. You'll still be wealthy, but the empire wouldn't be yours again.

is father was right. Blackwood wasn't just money. It was legacy, control, power

t," Damian said finally,his voice even. "I have

essionless. "I didn't say marriage. I

w do you propose I produce one?

ns, and more so, you've been with Vanessa for the longest.

it for this, I can't have her birth my child

't need a wife to secure your bloodline.

st, though he buried it quickly. His father'

f I re

g straight into Damian. "You wo

g from the crackling of the fire from the furnace. Damian lifted h

uttered. "You'd sell a c

d ensure legacy through a child. There's a difference.

his reflection in the glass a mirror of everything Gregory had f

ing in him

e manipulated

Evelyn

Carter wiped her hands o

on the tables. Her feet ached inside the cheap flats she had on, her back screame

oing to the older couples at table five as she

y. " You're a sweet girl. I hop

light and soft but tired. "

waiting near the sink, tying her curls into a bun and ready to g

g the ache in her arms. "And, the loan collector doesn't care

parents died early and young, debts left like chains around her ankles. Evelyn has clawed

forever," Carmen said.

raging her to say more. "Other

voice. " Like the agency I told you

ad. "Surrogacy. Carrying a stranger's child." She tried to laugh it off,

rt. You could make more in nine months than you'd ever make here in five yea

ter she was wiping, but her hands trembled. The id

a child that wasn

mind. Warm smiles, gentle hands an

out her. Maybe it

t think about it. You d

rned away, her chest aches with the tr

Damian

d everywhere was calm, peaceful and he wished his life was the s

no inhe

rol, not again. The man was trying to destroy him in every way

is father

n him. More than money. It was a

thought away,

over him like a storm c

staring at the ceiling. Her savings were gone, every bit of it. The debts were end

of whiskey in his penthouse, Gregory's words r