BILLIONAIRE ALPHA'S ACCIDENTAL SURROGATE

scrambling to process what he had just said. Father? How could this man-this stranger-cl

managed to whisper, my voice trembling a

smaller, suffocating. I instinctively pulled the thin hospital blanket clos

you," he said, his tone unwaverin

my belly, a feeble attempt to shield the life growing inside me from the storm of emotion

usion, and disbelief took hold of me. "This can't be real," I

aid, shaking my head. "H

t doesn't matter how I found you. What matters is that child i

d, a nervous laugh escaping my lips. "You ex

"You don't have a choice. My chil

ent," I said firmly, trying to maintain a shred of control in this

he said coldly. "You marry me and stay in your child's life, o

tunned by the ultimatum. Give up my baby? This baby that I didn't even know I was carrying

had made my life a living hell. I knew what it was like to grow up unloved, unwante

haky but firm. "I won't

nreadable. "Then we're getting married, Lily" h

r too thick. I couldn't fully process what he had just said, and yet every part of me knew he wasn't lying. His eyes were

understand how he knew so much about me, how he knew I was carrying his

d to find out everything I could about the woman carrying my child," he said, his voice smooth

someone used to getting results. And I could see it in the way he dressed, the aura of wealth a

tocratic, someone who could ensure my baby and I would want for nothing. The idea of being married to a stranger was terrifying, but it was better tha

sister who hated me enough to do this to me, then my stepmother and father, who cast me out without a second thought. Everyone I had trusted had turned their backs on me. I

beep of the heart monitor filled the silence as the doctor approached, c

?" Kai asked, his voice low,

She's well enough to leave, though I'd recommend some rest. A fol

s now going to be a part of my life in a way I couldn't fully understand-but hearing that I was free to leave

We'll be going to my mansion. That's where you'll be staying