His Billionaire Surrogate

table, my tears stre

all my name, but I didn't ha

e go behind my own back and fall in love with

tterly to myself, the pain i

grabbed my shoulder, and I turned to see my mom glarin

of the slap echoing in the room. My eyes widened in shock. This

eling my heart shatter

how co

er's welcome party!" she yell

rther, the weight of

me up behind me, pulling our mom away gently. Her touch felt like a mix

to the turmoil in the room, his disappointment palpable. It felt like the gro

in my throat. How could I explain the ache in my chest, the b

r sister," my mom's voice pierced through the silenc

y audible as I looked at Crystal, who could

eely down my cheeks now. The realization that my own family

ever thought it would come to this. I never thought they wo

be loved like the way my

by becoming a neurosurgeon, my parents also w

ad I beca

s outside of their expectations. But now, even that see

that crystal wil

ll stab me in the back. I didn't care if my parents loved

ing but I didn't know that the person that I would sacrifice my life for

ing little relief from the turmoil inside me, I fel

reath mixing with the pounding of my heart in my ears. Each step fel

l I knew was that I had to escape, to find some solace