"No! I can't let them catch me!" Alice ran out of the hospital, despite knowing that it wasn't suitable for her to run at that moment. But she didn't want her baby to be taken away and aborted by them.
How could they be so rude? Just after her examination, she was stopped by two burly bodyguards who said they wanted her baby.
Were they members of a gang? What did they want with her baby? She didn't have time to think, as the footsteps behind her were getting closer.
But just as she was about to run onto the main road, her arm was suddenly grabbed.
Then she lost consciousness.
When her eyes opened again, she was greeted by an unfamiliar place. When did the hospital become so gorgeously decorated?
Wasn't she kidnapped? Did they want her baby?
As she was thinking, "What's going on..."
A middle-aged man walked in with a tray of food. He smiled at Alice and asked, "Miss Brown, you are awake?"
Alice looked at the smiling middle-aged man and felt like he was a smiling wolf. She looked at him coldly and asked, "How do you know my name? Where am I?"
"Miss Brown, I am the butler here for your service. Our sir wants to buy the baby in your belly," the butler replied.
"What?!" That meant the abortion didn't take place? They had kidnapped her from the operating table? Just to buy the baby? But why her?
"You..." Alice was about to ask a question, but the man in front of her spoke calmly, as if he had expected her question, "Miss, you mistakenly entered our boss's room a month ago, and coincidentally, you were pregnant. That's why our boss wants you. As the world's richest man, he needs an heir to prevent outsiders from coveting his wealth."
His child? His so-called sir was... the man from that night? That day, Alice saw her boyfriend cheating on her with her best friend and was so sad that she got drunk at a bar but accidentally...
(Flashback)
She only felt like her body was on fire, and someone carried her to a hotel room. She couldn't see anything because of the darkness inside the room, and the drugs in her body made her vision blurry. Suddenly, she felt like someone was pinning her down.
The man's hot breath fell on her neck... Alice tried to open her eyes to see his face, but she couldn't see anything. In the darkness, the man suddenly bit her neck. "Ouch..." a moan escaped her mouth. However, because she felt like her body was burning, his cold touch gave her a soothing feeling. She suddenly wanted more...
Suddenly, someone claimed her lips and kissed her. The kiss was strong and filled with desire. As she got lost in the kiss, suddenly a tearing pain came from her lower body...
(End of flashback)
Thinking back to that passionate night, Alice still felt shy and blushed.
"Miss!" The butler didn't know why the woman in front of him suddenly zoned out, but he didn't have time. The sir had only given him an hour to deal with the matter.
"So you want me to be a surrogate mother for your boss?" Alice's face turned dark. Although her pregnancy came as a shock, she knew what it meant for her, a college student who hadn't graduated yet. But she was determined to raise the child on her own.
When she heard that they were treating her child as a commodity, Alice couldn't suppress her anger!
"Please stay away from me! Let me make this clear one last time: this will never happen!" After speaking, Alice prepared to get out of bed and leave, but the bodyguard blocked her way.
The butler took out a document that looked gentlemanly and said, "Miss Brown, please read these documents first before considering whether to accept our conditions."
Alice was initially unwilling, but when she saw something like Brown Group written on the documents, she quickly took them and read. It contained all the information about the Brown Group: how the Brown Group used fake materials, how the stock price of the Brown Group was falling...
The butler, standing aside, looked at Alice's increasingly ugly face and said with certainty, "If you don't want your father to go to jail, you'd better say yes. Our sir is capable of more than this."
By presenting the threat as a suggestion, he seemed like the savior of the Brown Group.
"This is illegal!" Alice angrily tore the documents. They had kidnapped her and even threatened her family. How dare they!
However, the butler still calmly said, "Miss Brown, if you want, you can call the police." After saying that, he took out his cell phone and handed it to Alice.
When Alice hesitated to take the phone, she didn't dare to call because she knew her dad would definitely do something outrageous to secure the deal. Even though her dad didn't care about her, she still couldn't bring herself to let him go to jail.
It was her own mistake. If she hadn't gotten drunk at the bar that night, she wouldn't have entered the wrong room and had sex with a dominant man. Then she wouldn't have been targeted by him and ordered to become his surrogate mother.
But the absurd thing was, she didn't even know what he looked like! She bet he wouldn't even remember her, but he would do anything to get an heir.
She didn't have a choice... Alice angrily signed her name on the surrogacy contract.
7 Months Later...
Alice sat in front of the window and looked outside. It seemed like it was going to rain soon. Alice was about to stand up and go back to bed when a loud thunderclap startled her...
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen and reached for the bell to call someone...
Inside the hospital, Alice heard the cry of a baby and tried to open her eyes to see her child. However, she couldn't see the child, only the nurse taking her baby away.
Alice endured the pain in her body and asked, "Where are you taking my child?"
The butler entered and said, "She is taking him to the master. Don't worry, he is a healthy baby, and it's a boy." As he spoke, he took out a million-dollar check and handed it to her, saying, "Here is the check for you. Thank you, Miss Brown."
After the butler finished speaking, he bowed and left.
"No... Stop! Please let me see my baby right away..." Alice panicked and struggled to get out of the hospital bed...
Although she had prepared herself for this day of separation, after spending so much time with him and feeling his growth inside her body... she didn't want them to take her child away.
However, her body was too weak, and she collapsed on the ground as soon as she got out of bed. Because of the pain in her abdomen, Alice broke out in a cold sweat. But she still tried her best and looked at the butler, saying, "Please, just let me see my baby right away... please..."
However, the butler didn't look back and left the room...
A few minutes later, when a nurse came to deliver medicine to Alice, she saw the blood on the floor and panicked...
Alice was about to faint when she heard the nurse yell, "Doctor, please hurry up! There is another baby inside..."
Five Years Later
Rose City International Airport...
A young man in a black turtleneck sweater, a black overcoat, and black sunglasses walked out of the VIP passage. He had handsome facial features. Many young girls in the airport couldn't help but stop to look at him and wanted to approach him. However, the cold aura around him was so strong that they didn't muster the courage to come close.
As the man walked, his assistant, Henry Wilson, rushed forward to carry his suitcase and said, "Mr. Collins, the little master hasn't eaten all day and locked himself in his room. He won't let anyone inside. Shall we head to the mansion first?"
The man stopped and looked coldly at his assistant as he said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? What are you waiting for?"
The coldness around the man increased, and Henry couldn't help but feel a chill in his body. Everyone in the Collins family knew how much Mr. Collins cared about the little master. He was the only person in front of whom Mr. Collins was always gentle and affectionate.
Henry felt guilty in his heart and braced himself to say, "Mr. Collins, you went to Italy for an important contract, so I didn't want to disturb you. But I didn't expect that the little master would lock himself in his room and not eat anything for the whole day..."
Zayden took off his sunglasses and looked at his assistant coldly. His deep brown eyes were filled with coldness...
Henry looked into those cold eyes and felt like his knees had gone soft. He could tell that Zayden was very angry...
"Oh, my God! Is he going to fine me?"
Thinking of this, Henry's body broke out in a cold sweat...
"Since when did I give you the right to make decisions for me?" Zayden looked at Henry and said coldly...
"I am sorry, Mr. Collins... I know I was wrong!"
Henry lowered his head and prepared himself for the worst...
However, at this moment, a pink ball rolled next to Zayden's shoes.
Zayden looked at the ball and frowned. He bent down and picked it up.
"Sir, that's my ball," a little girl ran over and said.
Zayden looked at the girl in front of him. The little girl was around 4 to 5 years old. She had big, beautiful round eyes. She was wearing a pink dress and holding a chocolate bar in one hand.
Even when Zayden squatted down, she had to look up at him.
Zayden was astonished by her cuteness and looked at her blankly. As he looked at the little girl, a very familiar feeling arose in his heart.
"How strange. It's the first time I've met her, but why do I feel so familiar with her? Like I have some strong connection with her," he thought.
Eliana Brown tilted her little head and extended her hand toward Zayden and said, "Sir, this is my ball."
Zayden looked at the little girl, gave her the ball, and rubbed her little head as he said, "Don't run around like this; it's not safe."
Even if the security inside the airport was good enough, it was still not safe for a child to run around like this.
However, Henry, who was standing beside them, looked at the scene in front of him, and his jaw almost dropped to the ground. He had never seen Mr. Collins talk to any other children so warmly except the little young master.
Zayden himself didn't know what happened to him, but when he saw this little girl, he just wanted to talk to her, so he looked at the chocolate in her hand and asked, "Do you like this brand of chocolate?"
Eliana looked at him and blinked her eyes, asking, "Do you also like it?"
"No, but my son likes it." As Zayden said this, he took out a box of chocolate from his bag and gave it to her. "You can also take one."
"Wow!"
Eliana looked at the man and the chocolate box in his hand, and her eyes lit up. But she thought of something and said, "Mommy said that you can't take things from strangers."
However, she also didn't want to give up the chocolate box, so she thought for a while and put down her ball on the ground, stepped forward, hugged Zayden, and kissed him on the cheek.
"Now you are not a stranger," Eliana said and took the chocolate box from his hands, smiling.
Zayden was shocked by her series of actions for a moment, then smiled.
Zayden looked at his watch and said, "Little girl, I have to go now! Goodbye!"
As he said this, Zayden put his sunglasses back on and left the airport.
"Bye-bye," Eliana waved at him.
"He is so handsome," she thought to herself.
***
"Elly."
As Eliana was waving, a woman wearing blue jeans and a white top walked over while holding her luggage.
"Elly, didn't I tell you not to run around? You don't listen to me, right?" As the woman spoke, she grabbed the little girl's ear.
"Mommy, ouch! It hurts! Please stop it. I just went over to pick up my ball," Eliana cried.
The woman let her ear go and wanted to hold the little girl's hand when her eyes fell on the chocolate box. She asked, "Where did you get this?"
Eliana looked at the box and smiled cutely, "That uncle gave it to me."
"You took things from a stranger? Didn't I tell you not to get anything from strangers?" Alice was angry and wanted to pull her ears again.
Alice took a deep breath and said, "For the next two weeks, you are not allowed to eat chocolate or watch your favorite program."
"Mommy..."
"Add one day..."
"It's so long..."
"Add two days..."
Eliana shut her mouth quickly and followed behind her, pouting her pink lips.
That day, after she found out she still had another child, Alice didn't think twice before leaving the country and going abroad. She even broke off all relations with her family, afraid that a man would find her and take her child away.
As she walked out of the airport, she felt that Rose City had changed a lot...
****
The next day...
Alice woke up and made breakfast and lunch for Eliana. After taking care of everything for her daughter, she went straight to the Dream High Groups Hotels. She had an interview there.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" Alice shouted as she saw the elevator door about to close.
As she was running, her focus was solely on the elevator, and she didn't notice the ball that came her way suddenly...
Because of this, Alice lost her balance and was about to fall flat on the ground. Out of instinct, she reached for something to regain her balance. However, what came into her hand was a man's tie. As she grabbed his tie, the man also lost his balance, and just like that, both of them fell to the ground.
"Ah... Sorry." Because of the man, Alice didn't get injured, as she fell on him.
For a moment, Alice didn't realize what was going on. After she calmed down and saw that she was lying on top of the man, her head pressed against his warm chest, she could hear his heartbeat.
The scent around the man's body made her feel very familiar.
"This scent smells very familiar. It's like I've smelled it before," she thought.
Suddenly, she recalled the night at that hotel five years ago. Although she could not see that man's face, she could feel the scent around him.
Alice couldn't remember where she had smelled this familiar scent before, and she tried to get closer to smell it again.
But soon...
"How long are you planning to lie on me?" a man's voice fell on her ears.
Zayden tensed up and frowned. He had never experienced something like this. However, somehow, she gave Zayden an intense feeling of familiarity, even though they had never met before. Although she was lying on top of him, he was a neat freak. But for some unknown reason, he didn't push her away.
Alice came back to her senses and quickly got up. "I am sorry... I am sorry! I am about to be late for the interview, and I didn't see the ball and... I am sorry!"
Alice finished speaking, stood up, and looked at him. Wearing a well-tailored business suit, Zayden looked tall and handsome.
"Miss, so you are here to flirt with Mr. Collins," Henry looked at Alice and said.
Hearing this, Alice was dumbfounded. At the same time, Zayden's eyes turned cold. Over the years, countless women had tried to climb into his bed. However, after that night five years ago, he had not been interested in any woman. The only woman he had slept with was his son's birth mother.
When Zayden realized that Alice was trying to get his attention, his eyes turned cold.
Alice was upset. "I said that I was in a hurry. What are you accusing me of?"
However, Zayden still seemed not to believe her and looked at her mockingly. Alice saw this and became quite angry. However, she didn't want to argue with them because she was already running late.
As she left, she mumbled, "Just a beautiful face and no brain. Did he think that just because he had a good face, everyone wanted to throw herself at him?"
As she said this, she headed to the elevator.
Henry was shocked by her words. How dare she scold the boss? he thought.
Zayden heard her words, and his face was filled with coldness. Henry saw this and said, "I'll ask security to throw her out."
"No!" Zayden said, straightening his suit.
As he tidied up his suit, his eyes fell on the small earring hanging in his coat. He took it out and looked at it. "It must be from that woman," he thought.
He couldn't help thinking about what the woman had said. Somehow, he found her interesting. Zayden didn't throw the earring away and put it in her coat pocket. After some thought, he said, "Call Noah and tell him that I will attend the interview at 10 AM."
Zayden narrowed his eyes, wanting to see how she would react when she saw him in the interview.
****
Alice arrived at the waiting room and was shocked to see so many people. As she was waiting, she heard gossip between two women. "Hey, do you know that Mr. Collins will be attending the interview today?"
"Wow? I heard that Mr. Collins has a son, but he is still single. He is also very handsome. Could he be looking for a stepmother for his son?"
"Maybe. I heard that he might have trouble in bed... Otherwise, how come he never had a steady girlfriend? Maybe they despised his inability too..."
After finishing their gossip, the female interviewees still hoped to join a wealthy family more than anything else.
Alice rolled her eyes when she heard them gossiping. She thought, "A typical boss would be around his mid-thirties and have a beer belly. Would someone so wealthy use an interview to find a stepmother for his child? Maybe he was looking for a lover."
Alice began to think poorly of her new boss.
"Alice Brown."
"Here!"
Alice walked out of the crowd when her name was called. She tidied up her clothes and took a deep breath before opening the door.
There were five interviewers on the panel. However, Alice's eyes were set on the man sitting in the middle, and her eyes almost fell out of her sockets.
"Isn't he the same man I bumped into in the lobby?" she thought.
"What kind of bad luck do I have?" she murmured under her breath.
It seemed that this man was superior to the other interviewers. Was he the manager, general manager, or...