numusjamesroses

Hazel Rogers never imagined her mother’s failing heart would force her into the arms of a stranger. With hospital bills piling up and no time left, she signs a desperate contract— as a surrogate for a billionaire who she doesn’t know. Ace Milan is cold, calculated, and devastatingly powerful, a man who built his empire on control and keeps  his heart locked behind a fortress. Hazel is just a transaction to him. But when a scary accident forces her to move into his home, the lines blur. He becomes cruel, unpredictable—testing her limits with sharp words and colder actions. Yet beneath his ice is something else, something broken, watching her with eyes that never quite soften. As her pregnancy progresses, Hazel stumbles upon whispers of the woman who came before her—the first surrogate. The one who vanished. No one speaks of her, and Ace refuses to explain. But the house holds secrets. Locked rooms. Late-night phone calls. Half-truths wrapped in charm. And suddenly, the child inside Hazel becomes more than a contract—it becomes a target. Torn between protecting the life growing inside her and uncovering the truth about the man she’s starting to feel dangerously drawn to, Hazel is forced to make a choice. Walk away before she ends up like the last surrogate… or risk everything to unravel the darkness Ace has spent his life hiding. One thing is clear—nothing in this arrangement is what it seems. And some secrets are buried deep for a reason.

THE BILLIONAIRE’S SECRET : Her contract, His Heart

I sat on the floor for a while after Ace left. My back against the cold wall. My hands in fists. My breathing was shaky.

He'd done it again. Taken away any sliver of control I thought I had. Thrown his weight around like it was oxygen and I was just supposed to breathe it in. He cares about protecting his child so much not to consider how I'm even feeling about losing my whole life for months because of his child.

I want to shout all of this pain out of me. I wanted to cry, but it gave me constant headaches and I was just tired of crying all the time.

I eventually carried my phone instead and called the only person who really cared for me aside from Ma. I wonder how she took he's action at the gate. I need to hear how she's doing.

I pressed her name and put the phone to my ear.

She did on the third ring. "Hazel. What the hell happened?"

Chapter 32