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DANTE'S POV

"Any news yet?" I looked up from the file on my desk, to see Alexa poking her head through my door. I almost let out a groan. The girl was stressing me out, asking the very same question everyday, for the past three weeks.

"And yet again Alexa, no." I eventually groaned, making her giggle. "It seems you want this child more than I do."

"Maybe I do. The suspense is killing meeee." She cried. "Maybe we should just call them."

"Patience." I bit out. "What if this whole thing turns up unsuccessful again?"

"No, brother." She shook her head. "I have a strong feeling that we will be suprised this time."

"We'd better be. Or who knows? I just might kill that Doctor this time around." I glared at no one in particular.

"Dante, really?" Alexa shook her head in disbelief. Why was she acting like I'd actually do that?

Maybe I would.....

Just then, a call came in and I looked at the screen to see that it was Doctor Luigi.

Oh... Wow.

"Alexa....." I muttered mindlessly, standing from my seat, and stepping out from behind my work desk.

"I think what you have been waiting for is finally here." I said, swiping my thumb across the answer button.

"Hello?"

"Mr Ferrari." He called, before releasing a sigh and giving pleasantries. "Good morning sir."

"Good morning Doctor Luigi. You have news for me?" I asked, looking across the lawn from the window of my study.

"Mr Ferrari....." He called again, sounding really hesitant. Right then, I knew he didn't have any good news for me.

No matter how many times I was being let down this way, the disappointment always felt fresh.

"Cut to the chase and tell me whatever news you have for me, Doctor. I am a very busy man."

"Dante...." I heard Alexa whisper behind me, and I knew she could already tell the situation of things. Her voice held so much sympathy.

"Mr Ferrari, we are so sorry."

"Fine then. The procedure failed this time. How soon can another one be carried out?" I demanded, my jaw clenching. I was angry and I hated the fact that it wasn't necessarily the Doctor's fault.

"Oh my...." Alexa whispered again, further making that pathetic feeling overpower me. I wanted to smash something. Badly.

Hanging up the call on Doctor Luigi, I picked up the wine glass that had been on my work desk and threw it against the wall.

Still, I didn't feel satiated.

"Dante!" Alexa gasped.

"I need to be alone. Please leave." I demanded. She stood immobile in her spot, just giving me that look of pity that I so much hated.

"Dante, please....."

"Now, Alexa!!!" My voice boomed, and she shook in her spot. Almost instantly, I regretted lashing out on her.

Just then, my phone began ringing. I looked to see that it was Doctor Luigi.

Again.

What the hell did the man still want?! I'm sure he knew better than to give me words of encouragement. I didn't need them.

"What is it?" I asked immediately I answered his call.

"No... nothing Sir." He stuttered. "You hung up before I could..... before I could explain the actual situation on ground."

"What?" A frown appeared on my face, as I wondered what more he could have to say.

"Sir, we are sorry, but there may have been a mix up at the hospital."

"Huh?"

"What I'm trying to say, Sir, is that there may have been a bit of professional negligence on our side. We made a mistake during the procedure."

"Go straight to the point, Doctor. My patience is fast running thin."

"We may have inseminated your sperm into the wrong woman, Mr Ferrari." He blurted out, making everywhere go silent at once.

What?!

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I walked into the hospital, fuming with rage. Walking past the reception, I headed for Doctor Luigi's office. How the hell could these bast*rds have been so st*pid?!!

The moment I stepped into his office, a jittery Doctor Luigi turned to me, backing the female Doctor he had been conversing with, before my arrival. It was so clear they had been talking about me.

"Mr Ferrari......"

"How did this happen?" I asked in a dead tone.

"Mr Ferrari, please......"

"If you love the position of your head on your neck, you wouldn't let me repeat myself, Doc." I warned, making him swallow visibly.

"On that very day.... Miss Elizabeth Colombo had her appointment for 10am. But it turns out she didn't show up."

"What do you mean, 'she didn't show up'?" My eyebrows kissed each other in confusion.

"I mean.... we thought she did. She actually didn't show up that day. Yesterday I had called her to come for the pregnancy test, and she sounded confused. She asked why I was calling for a test, when she hadn't even shown up for the main insemination."

"So what you're saying is that the surrogate your incompetent ass hired, did not show up for the procedure?! Even after receiving half of the agreed payment?"

I was growing more annoyed and irritated as each second passed.

"That is exactly what happened!" Doctor Luigi nodded frantically.

"She didn't show up, and yet you inseminated my sperm into another woman's f*cking pussy?!" I growled. "Are you begging to have your head ripped off, Doc?"

"That is what I was trying to explain." At that point, sweat had broken out on his forehead.

"Another lady with the same surname; Collombo, had shown up at the hospital by 11am. Apparently, she had a different appointment for 11am. But the receptionist mistook her for the surrogate, assuming she came late, and sent her to the wrong room."

No matter how this was supposed to make sense, it just didn't.

"And you inseminated the wrong person? Didn't you know who you selected as my surrogate?!!" I was losing it now!

"My apologies sir, but I do not carry out the procedures myself. The Endocrinologist does it." He pointed towards the female doctor that had been silent the whole time.

"And a random woman let you put another man's sperm inside her, without objecting?!" I asked, wondering how much more stupid this situation could get.

"Not exactly, sir." The 'endo-whatever' lady replied. "The procedure she had come for, had a similar process to that of an insemination. She wouldn't have known. And all the while, we had simply referred to her, as Miss Collombo."

"And where the hell is this lady?! What is she saying about all these?"

"About that sir..... She was taken for a urine test to confirm if she is....." He hesitated for a moment, before speaking. "...pregnant."

Hearing that, my heart beat dropped dramatically. I had actually forgotten that this said lady could be......

Just then, the door to Doctor Luigi's office opened, and a couple of people I hadn't cared to look at, stepped in.

"That's the lady, Mr Ferrari. She is the one we inseminated." Doctor Luigi pointed towards the door.

I slowly turned to look at the supposed woman, and I felt the rug being pulled from under my legs.

What the actual fuck?!!

Collombo??