登入Chloe Bennett, a successful plus-size bakery owner in Brooklyn, longs for a child but refuses marriage after past heartbreak and body-shaming. When her close friend connects her with billionaire CEO Damian King, whose fiancée Vanessa suggested surrogacy, Chloe agrees. The deal is clear: she carries the baby, they share access, and everyone walks away happy. No marriage, no complications. Weeks after the procedure, Chloe learns she’s pregnant with twins , one already showing early risks. At five months, with the twins kicking, Vanessa dramatically backs out after meeting a richer man, abandoning Damian in a humiliating public scandal. Desperate to save his company’s image, Damian demands a one-year temporary marriage contract. Forced proximity slowly melts Damian’s cold exterior. Late-night baking sessions reveal his protective side during medical scares, but trust shatters when Chloe discovers an old contract enclosure proving he planned to pay her off and cut her completely from the child’s life. Tabloids brand her the “plus-size surrogate bride,” ripping open old wounds. As pressure builds, rival Marcus , Damian’s secret vengeful half-brother, attacks the company and her bakery. Damian’s ruthless mother sabotages the pregnancy through a paid doctor. Then Vanessa returns, claiming she’s pregnant with Damian’s child and teams up with them for custody threats. At a high-society gala, leaked photos and Damian’s old “ideal type” folder make Chloe feel like a temporary replacement. Devastated, she considers walking away after birth. In a explosive press conference, Damian burns the toxic contracts, exposes his family’s betrayal, and chooses Chloe over his empire. A final medical scare forces raw honesty between them. With healthy twins born and the bakery thriving, Damian proposes for real. Chloe accepts, proving genuine connection can heal their deepest wounds and turn a calculated contract into forever love.
查看更多Damian stared at the lab report on the kitchen counter of the Brooklyn brownstone, the words blurring slightly as rage built hot and steady in his chest. His mother’s name linked to the technician. Deliberate contamination. Even the DNA tests meant to give them solid ground had been poisoned by her reach. The shadows never stopped.Chloe stood beside him, shoulder brushing his arm, exhaustion etched deep in the lines around her eyes but her chin lifted in that stubborn way he’d come to rely on. She read the page again, fingers pressing hard enough to crease the paper. “She’s still doing this. From wherever she is. Still trying to erase me.”“I’m ending it,” Damian said, voice low and final. He grabbed his phone and fired off a message to his head of security. “Full trace on that shell company. Freeze every account connected to her. No more half-measures.”Before he could set the phone down, it rang. One of the senior board members. He answered on speaker so Chloe could hear.“King, we
Damian’s blood ran cold. He scanned the DNA results quickly. The pages showed inconsistencies tampered seals noted in the lab comments, possible contamination flagged in red. The actual genetic markers were inconclusive, with multiple lines crossed out and rewritten. Someone had gotten to the samples again. Chloe read over his shoulder, her body going rigid against him. “They’re still one step ahead. Even here. Even after everything.” Damian dropped the papers onto the coffee table and pulled her closer, arm locked around her shoulders. The note lay there between them like a live wire. The board vote, the threats, the sabotage, everything was closing in. And now the one test that could have given them solid ground had been poisoned too. He stared at the warning on the paper, jaw clenched so hard it ached. “Whoever this is… they’re not stopping until they break us.” Chloe’s hand found his and squeezed tight, but her voice stayed quiet. “Then we don’t let them.” ***** Chloe snatch
Chloe stood shoulder to shoulder with Damian in the narrow hallway of the Brooklyn brownstone, heart hammering against her ribs as security let Vanessa through the reinforced door. The woman swept in like she owned the place, designer coat swirling around her slim frame, a thick folder clutched in one perfectly manicured hand.“Those are my babies,” Chloe said firmly before Vanessa could open her mouth. She stepped forward, one hand spread protectively over the large curve of her belly. “I carried them. I felt every kick, every scare, every single day of this nightmare. You walked away months ago. You don’t get to show up now with more lies.”Vanessa’s eyes narrowed, flicking over Chloe’s body with open contempt. “Still playing the devoted mother? Cute. But I have proof this time.” She slapped the folder against Damian’s chest. “Embryo switch. The clinic mixed up the samples. Those twins were always meant to be mine and Damian’s. Your little bakery body was just the rented oven.”Dami
Damian ended the call and tossed the phone onto the nightstand like it had burned him. Marcus’s words still echoed in the small bedroom of the Brooklyn brownstone. "secret connection to the King family". Chloe’s hand stayed fisted in his shirt, her eyes wide and demanding answers.“What connection?” she repeated, voice sharp. “Marcus just said I wasn’t chosen at random. That this whole surrogacy was a setup from the beginning. Tell me what he’s talking about, Damian. Right now. No more protecting old family secrets.”He stood up from the bed slowly, creating distance even though every part of him wanted to pull her closer after that kiss. His mind raced through the implications—old files he’d buried, rumors his father had silenced years ago. “It’s complicated. My family has a long history of… arrangements. My father had affairs. Illegitimate children. Marcus isn’t the only one. There were whispers about other connections, other women who got paid off. I never dug deep because it didn
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