Semua Bab Billionaire’s Surrogate (ENGLISH): Bab 1 - Bab 5

Elijah Theodore Martinez“Sir, Mr. Martinez called earlier. He said that you need to go home tonight. And if you don’t come home, today will supposedly be your last day in the company,” my secretary, Miko, said fearfully after relaying Dad’s message.What’s new? No matter what decision I make regarding Dad’s order, I’m doomed either way. If I don’t go back to the mansion, Miko will surely lose his job tomorrow—or worse, maybe even me. But if I do go home, I’ll probably spend another whole week in a bad mood.I don’t know why my Dad is so pressured for me to have a child. The old man practically sells me off to all his friends and business partners just so I might take interest in their daughters. As if I’m going to run out of women in the world and never have children.“I will give him a call, you may go now,” I calmly but firmly instructed Miko, who immediately obeyed.As soon as I was left alone in my office, I called Dad. I just hoped he would still accept my reasons for not going

Elijah Theodore Martinez“That’s pretty early, bro,” Rashid commented. He had been my best friend since elementary school. He owned the bar I often went to. Well, technically, we both owned it since I was the one who invested in his business.Rashid came from a poor family. I met him when I skipped classes back in Grade Five while he was selling sampaguita flowers near our school.I was so bored during that time and maybe suffocated by my bodyguards, so without thinking, I joined him in selling his sampaguita flowers. From then on, we became best friends. I often escaped from school just to meet up with him, while he would sneak into our house so we could play in my room. When we reached high school, I convinced my Dad to give Rashid a scholarship until college, which made our friendship even stronger.“Is this about Uncle again and his obsession with having a grandchild?” he asked—or rather, stated—because he already knew that was always my problem.From behind the bar counter where

Elijah Theodore Martinez“Eliana Grace Herrera, twenty-seven years old. An undergraduate college student taking up Business Management majoring in Accountancy. She has five younger siblings: Eric, twenty; George, sixteen; Elise and Eliza, ten-year-old twins; and Gasper, four, who is currently in the hospital after being hit by a motorcycle while playing outside their house. Based on the information I received from the hospital, the child is suffering from internal bleeding and injuries, but the organ most severely damaged by the accident is his brain. That’s why he needs immediate surgery. The problem is the amount of money required for the operation,” Rashid explained the basic information I had asked him to gather about the girl Miko mentioned yesterday.I remained silent while staring at the picture of the woman who might carry my child. There was no doubt that this girl was truly beautiful. That was why Rashid teased me yesterday, saying that I got stunned just by looking at her p