Daisy's POVI wake up with a yawn and a loud growl in my stomach. My stomach feels empty, way too empty like I have nothing in there and the host inside of me is already feeding off my intestines.Quickly, I scramble out of bed to go see what they have in the kitchen, uncaring about how I look right now.Brenda and some of the girls are already suspecting that I am expecting a baby because of how they stare at me coldly and also share knowing looks between themselves. I am not bothered by any of that if they won't come to ruin what I have here with Alex's parents.When I am gone, they can do and undo whatever, I won't care then because I will be far away from them and from here.As soon as I am done with my final papers, I will have my things packed up to leave New York City and if possible America.I don't want to be reminded of any of these. I don't want to share any bond with the baby as well.I have been careful enough to take this as purely business just like Alex wants it. His a
Alex's POVAfter getting a call from home, I rush out of my office and instruct Kelvin to take me home. When he drives the car out of the company's parking lot, I place a call to the doctor as fear begins to grip me with different questions popping up in my head.Is she in pain? Is that why she is crying? Does it hurt a lot?Did something happen?Agnes picks up the call at the fifth ring. "Hello, Alex."Without beating about the bush, I go straight to the point of my call. "I just got a call from home now. The head maid said Daisy is crying."Silence ensues in contradiction to what I am expecting. I am thinking she will gasp or shout and ask us to come to the hospital immediately."Are you there?" I ask quickly."Yes. Why is she crying?""I have no idea," I shrug as if she can see me. "She hasn't been eating too like you said she would.""Is that why she is crying?""I don't know, Agnes. Do you think she is fine? Should we come to the hospital right away? Will she be ok? You said she
Daisy's POVJust like the exact dream I had when I was sleeping so soundly in Alex's suite, a night after we met at the club, I find myself falling from a high building and I jerk awake in fright.There are sweats all over me which is revealing how long I must have been having that scary dream.Why do I keep having this sort of nightmare?It feels real like it is happening already but I am not falling off any building. I am still laying on my bed, unlike the other time when I fell off the bed.That was probably because I was hungover from the previous night's drink. The eerie silence and the darkness is adding to my fear as I hurriedly sit up in bed, my breathing heavy and my hands trembling in fear.Quickly, my hands find their way to the side drawer and I grab my phone to dial the first number on my contact.Alex.He isn't a heavy sleeper so he is going to know that his phone is ringing, except if his phone is on silent mode.Just before it starts to ring, I feel a sharp pain in my
Daisy's POVShaking my waist to the loud sound of music is what I do to take away the pain and sadness I always feel.But today, shaking my waist, twirling, turning, and shouting aren't solving any of my problems. The pain isn't going away either.I am thinking drinking myself to a stupor will help but nothing is working.Right now, all I feel like doing is letting it all out. Crying it out. Then maybe I will feel better.The moment I stop dancing and turn to find my way to the bathroom, my eyes meet with a guy.This is the same guy who has had his eyes on me for over thirty minutes since I have been doing nothing but dancing to end my sorrows.I am not here for a man. I am here to drink and take my sorrows away and also find somewhere to sleep.My legs almost give me away as I find myself staggering towards the bathroom of the club, ignoring the man with the burning gaze.My eyes burn with hot tears, willing to push their way down my face, to let out the pent-up anger, anguish, and f
Alexander's POVThat voice. It was a female's voice. It was a woman bawling her eyes out in a male's restroom.But it exuded nothing but pain and agony.The sound of the shower running reminds me of the sound of her crying and I find myself wondering why she would be crying that way in a restroom.It is unhealthy. Who is she anyway? Did she get ditched by her boyfriend and the restroom was the only place to let out her hurt without anyone knowing? Did she catch her boyfriend banging another woman?That must be it! This is a club after all.Waving the thought of the crying woman away, I turn off the shower and get out of the bathroom, in a hurry to get dressed and get to work.I came to the club for a reason. First, because Chase owns the club and, secondly because he insists that I come here to find the person I was looking for.Even though I succumbed to his wish, I still came here with work. I haven't been to New York for years and I am back with a huge load of responsibilities on
Daisy's POVI am falling off a building but I can't make a sound because my eyes are tightly shut waiting for the impact of the floor and for my head to break into pieces.But I didn't hit my head.A sound eventually comes out of my mouth. Not a scream in fear of death. A wince.This is when I realize my arm hurts. Then, my eyes flutter open to meet reality.I am not in school, not at work, and not on the floor after jumping off a ten-leveled building because I want to give up on living.Where the hell am I? I ask inwardly as I try to stand up from my fall.A pain sips through my arm and my head bangs severely. My gaze shifts to the huge bed and it dawns on me when the memories of last night come rushing back.I fell off this huge bed thinking it was from a building. I didn't sleep on the streets last night because I….I gasp.I saw a stranger. The same man watched me closely at the club last night like a predator watching over its prey."Goodness!" I scramble up and rush towards the
Alex's POVI watch her debate within her on whether to get in just like I have ordered her to or not. She is biting her lower lip like someone in deep thought in a math class, desperate to find answers to the math solution on the board.She shakes her head and continues to walk."Hey", I call out, my anger rising and my hand balling into a fist. I helped her last night, is this what I get for helping her?The driver moves the car further before I can instruct him to and she stops when the car is beside her.With rage, I shout. "Get into the car now!"She jerks backward, startled by my tone and loud voice.She stares down at me, probably to figure out if I am here for a good reason or if I want to kidnap her and sell her off to some men.Kevin gets down from the car and opens the door for her. I shift to the other side, waiting for her to climb in next to me.It takes a while before she makes up her mind. She nods at herself and gets in, careful not to let her legs touch mine.Kevin cl
Daisy's POVMy jaws are dropped in shock and after a moment of silence between us, without him offering more explanations to the reason for this type of favor, I blink then shut my mouth.Surrogacy?He wants me to carry a baby for him? Why? Why me?Is this the condition for helping me? What about school? How do I manage to carry his baby and going to school?Wait, did I just think of accepting the offer? Why the hell am I thinking of how to cope with carrying a baby and going to school? Is this how desperate I am?Well, you are desperate. You are the true definition of desperate, my subconscious retorts."You don't need to give me a reply immediately", he mentions, pulling me out of my reverie. "I can give you a day to think about it but after a day and I don't hear from you, I guess I will find someone else."He looks so confident and sure of what he is saying. He doesn't look shaken as though he has done this with a woman before.I don't even know what to think. My head is spinning.