All Chapters of Accidental Surrogate For The Cruel Alpha CEO: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Chapter 21DAMONGathering the rest of Max Henderson Financial's remaining assets had gone way easier than I had expected it to go. After eight years of Maxwell's poor management and embezzlement, most of his business partners were eager to stay away from his company. Two major deals that should have taken weeks to negotiate with my own company were signed and sealed before lunch, adding another fifty million dollars to my portfolio with ease and also at the same time destroying what remained of Maxwell's financial empire.I should have felt more satisfaction from his downfall, but my mind kept going to other things that were way more important than the victory of squashing Max like a bug and him unable to retaliate.My mind was focused on things like the way Isabella had looked this morning before Kyle's intrusion— looking very peaceful and content for the first time in a long while.I was also thinking about how I liked the way my son was easily calling her "Mama" as if it was the

Chapter 23ISABELLAAfter Damon hung up the call so he wouldn't miss his next meeting. I couldn't help but curse his PA small for interrupting. I had heard her clearly over the phone and I felt sad but only for a moment. Just because Damon had to work, didn't mean that he didn't like spending time with me. Thinking back over his words to me on the call. I found myself standing in the middle of the garden with a ridiculous smile on my face, my phone still pressed against my ear, as if I wanted to will him into calling me back. The warmth in his voice when he'd said he was looking forward to coming home to Lucas and me had sent butterflies dancing through my stomach.But then reality crashed back in, and I shook my head firmly, chiding myself for being so foolish.He was just being polite, I told myself. Kind. The way any decent person would be to someone in my situation. Trying to read more into it, trying to see it in a romantic way would only cause me more trouble just like the on

Chapter 25ISABELLAThe wolf's eyes sent ice through my veins, but before I could even process what was happening next or figure out how to get myself and Lucas out of this mess, Lucas was suddenly in front of me. My heart stopped as I watched this tiny five-year-old boy spread his arms wide, creating a wall like barrier between the wolf and me."No!" Lucas shouted, his voice stronger and filled with command that made him look older than he actually was."Don't hurt my mama!""Lucas, no!" I gasped, trying to grab him and pull him back behind me despite the throbbing pain in my shoulder, there was no way he was going to stand to it. "Get away from it!"But he stood his ground, refusing to let me pull him away. Was he this strong or was I getting weaker because I was losing blood.I was astonished by this brave little boy who barely came up to my waist, facing down a creature that could kill us both without breaking a sweat. There was something almost supernatural in a way about his

Chapter 27DAMONThe leather couch in my office felt like heaven the moment I collapsed face-down onto it, every bit of my body was aching from over exertion and exhaustion.The meeting with the Japanese investors had dragged on for three hours longer than was scheduled and it was filled with a lot of strenuous and nerve wracking negotiations about shipping routes that they wanted to use from us and distribution networks channels that could have been resolved in half the time if everyone involved hadn't been so determined to posture and waste my afternoon.Thorne, my head of security, was lying down in the chair across from me, looking equally drained as well. There wasn't any fight left in him. We'd been working hard to deal with the increased levels of territorial disputes that were happening underneath the human eyes, not just that, but also business acquisitions, and pack politics for twelve straight hours, and I was looking forward to nothing more than going home to Isabella and

Chapter 29ISABELLA I woke slowly, feeling my consciousness come to me in slow motion. The first thing I became aware of was that there was warmth all over me.There seemed to be a cocoon of it surrounding me, making me feel safer and more content than I had in years. I almost didn't feel like pulling away from it and nothing in this word felt important enough to take me away from this heat that I had come to crave. The second thing was a low, rumbling sound that seemed to vibrate through my entire body, it was a deep purring that seemed to be coming from a large cat which made my body feel lighter and more at ease.Without thinking, I snuggled closer to the source where the warmth seemed to be coming from, pressing my face against what felt like a solid wall of muscle covered in soft cotton. The rumbling intensified, and I felt myself melting into the sensation, every tension in my body dissolving into thin air like magic.Then I moved wrong, and pain shot through my shoulder like