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Chapter 11:Two Hundred Thousand Dollars

Angelica Jax drove me back home, making a series of phone calls on the way. I couldn't even comprehend anything he said on the phone; the only thing I knew he kept saying on the phone was for them to update me. After his call finally ended, I turned to him and asked, "Am I putting you through a lot of stress?" He glanced at me and asked, "Did I say anything like that?" "No. "You didn't, but... I'm starting to feel like I'm stressing you a lot, and that's the last thing I plan to do," I said, reducing my voice as I spoke to him. "Don't worry. You don't need to feel guilty..." He glanced at me again, smirking before he said, "Maybe this is low-key an opportunity that I've been looking for for some time to get into a fight with the Vance brothers," I sat up immediately and asked. "What has the Vance brothers done to you?" "A lot... They've done a lot of things that I've let slide, and I've been waiting for an opportunity like this, and you brought it right to my doors

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Chapter 12: The Man Who Paid the Price

AngelicaThe phone slipped from my fingers and landed on the bed with a soft thud. Two hundred thousand dollars. Just like that. As if money grew on trees and I had an endless supply of it waiting in some hidden account.I stared at the blank screen, my heart slamming against my ribs so hard I thought it might crack them open. The doctor’s voice still echoed in my head—calm, clinical, completely unmoved by the fact that my brother’s life hung in the balance. Treatment paused. Deposit required. No exceptions.I pressed the heels of my hands against my eyes until stars exploded behind them. This couldn’t be happening. Ethan had already paid the first three hundred thousand. I had watched the transfer go through. So why the sudden extra demand? Why now, when everything else was already falling apart?A soft knock pulled me out of the spiral. Jax stood in the doorway, one shoulder leaning against the frame, arms crossed. He had changed into a black shirt that made him look even more dange

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Chapter 13: Ethan Freezes the Game

AngelicaI barely slept.Every time I closed my eyes I saw Caleb’s smirk, heard the doctor’s calm voice demanding more money, and felt the weight of Jax’s quiet “I’ll handle it.” By the time the first light slipped through the curtains, my head was pounding and my wolf was restless, pacing the edges of my mind like she could smell trouble coming.I got up, showered, and pulled on clean clothes. The house was already awake. Distant footsteps, the low murmur of staff, the faint scent of coffee drifting up the stairs. I followed it downstairs and found Jax in the living room, standing by the tall windows with a phone pressed to his ear. He ended the call the moment he noticed me.“You’re up early,” he said.“Couldn’t sleep.” I crossed my arms, forcing myself to meet his eyes. “We need to talk.”He gestured toward the couch. I stayed standing.“About the money,” I said. “The two hundred thousand you sent to the hospital last night. Why?”Jax’s expression didn’t change, but something in hi

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Chapter 14: The Woman Who Carries His Child

AngelicaThe text from my assistant came just after seven in the morning.“Ma’am, the clinic confirmed. Appointment is at 10:00 a.m. sharp. Ethan’s driver will pick you up at 9. Please don’t be late. Also… his wife is coming with him.”I stared at the screen until the words blurred. His wife. Lyra. Of course she was coming. Why wouldn’t she want a front-row seat to the moment another woman started carrying the child she couldn’t?I sat on the edge of the bed in Jax’s guest room, phone still in my hand, and tried to breathe. The surrogate contract had always been the deal. Leo’s treatment in exchange for my body. I had signed the papers. I had agreed. But knowing it and walking into it were two different things.Jax was already downstairs when I came down. He took one look at my face and knew.“Today?” he asked.I nodded. “Clinic at ten. Ethan’s coming. With his wife.”Something dark flickered across his eyes, but he only said, “I’ll have a car ready. You’re not going alone.”“I have t

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Chapter 15:The Money Never Came

AngelicaI didn’t even make it inside the house, the second the doctor’s words settled, I spun on the front steps and called Ethan. My hands were shaking so hard I almost dropped the phone. He answered on the third ring, voice calm, like he had been expecting me.“You knew,” I said. No greeting. No patience. “You knew the money never went through.”There was a short pause. Then, “I see the hospital contacted you.”“They said the two hundred thousand was refunded to Jax’s account and never replaced. They’re about to pause the advanced treatment again. Leo is still in that bed, Ethan. What the hell is wrong with you?”“Nothing is wrong with me,” he replied. “The arrangement has always been clear. Initial deposits were made to begin treatment. Full and continuous coverage was always tied to the surrogacy moving forward without complications. The procedure started this morning. That changes the timeline.”A dry laugh escaped my lips, “So this is leverage. You’re holding my brother’s life

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Chapter 16: Forty-Eight Hours

AngelicaI woke up the next morning and didn’t fail to take my medication because at this point, one thing I surely wanted was for all of this to work.Ethan was not the kind of person to give empty threats, and I didn’t want to be the reason Jax started facing more challenges.I left my drugs on the table and went down for breakfast. I still wasn’t feeling comfortable here because I felt like a burden to Jax, but what could I do about it? It was better I started living here like a ghost so I didn’t end up making him uncomfortable.I got to the kitchen and found the cereal. As I reached for it, a voice startled me.“Good morning,” Jax said, causing me to gasp in shock.What the actual fuck—I almost screamed, but thank goodness I was able to compose myself.“Are you good?” he suddenly asked, turning to look behind him.“Yeah… Why?” I asked, finally finding my voice.“Well, because you’re looking at me like you just saw a ghost,” he said, causing me to inhale deeply. I ran a hand throu

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Chapter 17: The Warning

AngelicaI lay in bed staring at the ceiling, one hand resting lightly on my stomach even though there was nothing to feel yet. The hormones had turned my body into something restless and foreign. My breasts ached and even worst, I was occasionally feeling neasea without warning and my sense organs heightened, every small sound in the house felt too loud.By 2 a.m. I couldn’t take it anymore. I got up, pulled on a hoodie, and went downstairs for water. The living room was dark except for the low light coming from the hallway. Jax was still awake, sitting on the couch with a laptop open and several papers spread across the coffee table.He looked up when he heard me.“You should be resting,” he said.“I can’t.” I sat on the opposite end of the couch, curling my legs under me. “Everything feels wrong. My body, my head… all of it.”He closed the laptop. “Side effects?”“Yes. And the waiting. And the fact that Ethan is slowly taking every piece of control I have left.” I stared at the flo

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Chapter 18: They Know

AngelicaThe threatening message still burned on my phone screen, but I forced my expression to stay blank.The receptionist checked my name and gave me a small nod. “Miss Haze. They’re ready for you. Please follow me.”I was led into a private room. A nurse took my blood with practiced efficiency. She didn’t make small talk. Neither did I. When it was done, she labeled the vials and told me the results would be ready within the hour. I could wait in the private lounge if I preferred.I preferred not to sit still.I stepped into the small lounge and immediately pulled out my phone. My first instinct was to call Jax, but Ethan’s words from the day before stuck to me and I had no plans to complicate things, especially not right now,If he found out I contacted Jax the second I arrived, it would only give him more reason to tighten the leash.Instead, I saved the unknown number and screenshotted the message. My hands were still slightly unsteady."You’ll have a lot of people constantly t

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Chapter 19: When Protection Feels Dangerous

AngelicaI didn’t expect Jax to move so fast, about an after the second threat, Jax walked into the living room with a black bag in his hand and a look that left no room for argument.“Pack light,” he said. “We’re leaving.”I stared at him. “Leaving where?”“Somewhere safer. Tonight.”“Ethan will—”“Ethan doesn’t get a vote on this.” His voice was calm, but final. “Whoever is watching you knew the test result almost as fast as you did. That means they’re close. This house is no longer secure enough.”I wanted to argue. The smarter part of me knew he was right. The exhausted part of me just felt the walls closing in again. I went upstairs and packed in silence. A few clothes. My medication. My phone. Nothing else felt like it belonged to me anymore.When I came back down, a dark car was already waiting. Not the usual one. This one had tinted windows and no plates I recognized. Jax took my bag without a word and opened the passenger door.The drive was long and quiet. City lights slowl

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Chapter 20: The Line She Crossed

Ethan"Have you made sure that my brother is tamed?" I asked my beta as I walked down the long halls of my mansion.He shook his head, tilting his head down a little, probably ashamed because of his incompetence."I asked you to do something very simple, and you keep stalling..." I paused, shifting my gaze to him."What's so hard in keeping Caleb tamed? You know about the situation on the ground at the moment. You know how much I hate it when I don't have things under my control and yet, you find a way to disobey my orders. "At this point, I think I already had it to my neck."Alpha Ethan... Your wife...""Fuck whatever she says... My title and my authority are on the line here. If you're tired of being my beta, let me know and I'll find a replacement for you," I said and walked off to my bedroom only to find Lyra, sitting on my bed.I threw my eyes off her and asked, softly, "What are you doing on my bed? Since when did you think it was alright for you to walk into my room?" "I'm yo

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