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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 kept glancing at my screen, waiting for Mabel to call.

Every second she didn't text felt like a second closer to something going wrong.

I must've checked the time a hundred times in thirty minutes. I kept imagining her walking into some dark alley, some shadowy figure stepping out, and me never hearing from her again.

By the time the phone finally rang, I jumped so hard I almost dropped it.

"Hazel." Her voice was low but steady.

"I'm fine," she said quickly. "I'm outside now, sitting in my car. I parked a few streets away from the meeting point just in case anyone was watching. Listen, you need to hear what she told me."

I sat up in bed, heart pounding. "Go on."

Chapter 68