r room. The door locked behind h
omen's health magazine neatly stacked among a curated selec
rough the pages aimlessly. Her
aught her eye: Natural Cont
w excessive consumption of raw garlic and certain enzymes found in carro
he memorized the list of foods. She quickly sh
or. Executive Chef Giles Peterson entered.
He revealed a decadent spread of fresh oysters
rcelain plate away. She crossed
aid, refusing to touch th
ed if the surrogate required a differen
ves," Celestia demanded. "And a pitche
her, processing the bizarre, pungent request
into the room. Her b
ou playing?" Mar
tural dietary requirement for my digestion.
ng had explicitly ordered that the surrogate's cravi
instructed the chef to comply wit
d a bowl of peeled, raw garlic and a glass
ve. Her hand trembled slightly as t
ewed rapidly. The intense spice burned her
her cheeks. But she swallowed it down, mainta
ter carrot juice. She felt her stomach churn unc
book. She meticulously wrote down
htstand," Celestia requested, her voice r
sgust. But she nodded slowly, wri
y bloom in her chest. Her breath alr
stench would physically repel Sterli
m. They locked the heavy door
sk in the corner of the room. She quietly slipped open the top draw
garlic juice from the bowl onto her fingers. She rubbed
smell. She forced herself to en
ped the stolen metal letter opener c
ounded anxiously against her mattress as s
/1/115985/coverbig.jpg?v=ded9d452198242189d1e3b6c3dc9c5cf&imageMogr2/format/webp)