The Nightmare Revealed.

Lena's POV 

My heart began to race extremely fast, I looked sideways noticing that the stranger from last night was nowhere to be found. I took it as an opportunity to leave immediately in order to avoid future embarrassment.

I hastily slipped out of the stranger's bed, I changed into my clothes and tiptoed towards the door entrance, not after grabbing my purse. I pushed the door open, the creaking noise made me mutter a cuss under my breath. The last thing I wanted to do was attract the attention of anyone.

As i stepped into the brightly lit hallways, I realized that this happened to be the same hotel that the masquerade ball had taken place. As i made my way past the receptionist desk, some cleaners were cleaning up the mess from last night. My phone suddenly beeped loudly, jolting me out of my thoughts and back to reality.

I fetched my phone out of my purse and gazed at the screen. My eyes widened in shock at how many times Emily had tried to reach me last night, twenty times! She must have been really worried about me. I mentally scolded myself for losing guard and ending up in the bed of a stranger, Emily would be so shocked to hear about my experience.

Speak of the actual devil, as I pushed the entrance door to the hotel open wide, Emily stood in front of it with a worried look on her face, standing besides her were two police officers. Emily snapped her up to gaze at me, I watched all the worry disappear off her face. She rushed towards me and pulled me into a tight hug with tears in her eyes.

"My goodness, Lena! You scared the living shit out of me." Emily scolded me. "I am so sorry Em, it is really a long story." I replied with a heavy sigh.

Emily waved it off and led me towards the police van. "You can tell me about all of it later, I am just glad to know that you are doing okay." She said with a sincere smile. 

The Police officers drove us to my place, Emily insisted on following me just to make sure I was truly safe. As we stepped into my small living room, my eyes gazed at the calendar hanging carelessly on the wall. Tomorrow being the 15th of March was when I would get the surrogacy procedure started.

I was anxious but when I remembered my sister, Emma's critical condition. I knew I had to pay the price. Emily and i spent the entire day talking, I told her about my experience and she found it rather funny. 

Although, I had to admit to myself that I enjoyed that night with the stranger. Deep down inside of me, I hoped that we would cross paths again.

The day for the surrogacy procedure had arrived. I was sitting in the hospital while Dr Smith was enlightening me on how the procedure would be. Dominic Knight was not around yet so Dr Smith took it as a hint to explain what I was about to get myself into.

"The process usually begins with fertilization. We will use the intended father's sperm and a donor egg. Once the embryo is formed, we will transfer it to your uterus." She explained. I nodded my head slowly as I tried to process the complexity of it all. 

Dr Smith flashed me a reassuring smile and continued. "The process may seem a bit too complicated to you. You will definetly undergo hormone therapy to prepare your body system for the embryo. During the therapy, we will monitor your progress slowly and if we see that things go smoothly, then we can schedule a date for the embryo transfer." She explained.

All I could do was nod my head to everything the doctor said. She seemed like she knew what she was doing, who was I to protest? I had signed the contract already, there was no going back.

"But before I can do any of what I just explained. I need to examine your body first. You will need to take a few tests." She said.

I agreed, the tests were taken and the results came out as soon as possible. I was now sitting on the couch in the doctor's office when Dr Smith suddenly stepped in with a surprised look on her face. Her expression turned from professional to puzzled.

"Is everything okay doctor?" I asked in a low tone, barely above a whisper. "Are they going to be any complications?" My voice was laced with fear. My heart began to race extremely fast as Doctor Smith took steps closer to me. The look on her face got me extremely worried, I felt the hairs on my skin rise. I hated to be kept in suspense.

"Did you know that you are already pregnant?" Dr Smith blurted out. What? I felt my world spin out of control. My mouth opened wide in shock and everything felt like a dream to me. Pregnant? 

"Wh-at d-o yo-ou m-ean?" I stuttered, blinking twice. At that moment, it suddenly clicked to me that the only person I had sex with was the stranger from the masquerade party. Perhaps....i shook my head in disbelief. Could I be pregnant for him? 

No way! I could not let that happen. That would ruin everything. My plans, the contract with Dominic King, all of it was about to be ruined because of the child in my stomach.

"You are pregnant, hence the surrogacy can not happen." Dr Smith said. 

Before I could reply Dr Smith, right before I could even process what was going on right now. The door to Dr Smith's door flew open. Dominic Knight walked into the office, his gaze locked onto mine and he speaks in a calm yet deadly tone. The words that come from his mouth send shivers down my spine. 

"You, it was you.”