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

She fell straight to the floor before I was able to catch her.

I moved with too much force. She was just here like howw??

Her name got stuck in my mouth, Hazel.

She was out cold. No movement. Her lips were too pale, her breath barely there. I pressed my fingers to her neck. Pulse—barely. Still, it was there

"Someone get the nurse!" I snapped, voice sharp enough to slice through the silence.

I stayed there, on the floor, one hand under her head, the other gripping her wrist like if I let go, she'd disappear completely.

The nurse came in fast. Gloves on before she even got to us.

"What happened?" she asked, dropping to her knees beside me.

"She fainted. I don't know—I stopped her from opening a door. She fell, my force must have pushed her."

Chapter 28