The Surrogate And The Billonaire's Secret

Frances POV Dr Bill, the fertility doctor finally cleared her throat as I shifted in my chair and then nervously played with my fingers that was placed on my laps. The room smelled faintly of antiseptic, too clean and too sharp. She had called me this morning and I had been really worried about what this was about. " I'm sorry Miss Becker.." She started with a nervous tone. Oh Good Lord, this can't be good. I held my breath as I listened to her speak. ".... there seem to have been a mistake during the process" I swallowed the lump in my throat as she continued. " There's been a .... complication" Time froze for a few seconds as I tried to process her words. " I don't understand.... what do you mean complication? I asked her in a small voice I watched as her gaze dropped to the file in her hands and then to that of the two nurses standing in the office. " The sperm sample you were inseminated with......it wasn't the intended donor's. There was a mix-up " she concluded I couldn't believe my ears as my heart started beating more rapidly. I had prepared myself for a thousand possibilities, but definitely not this. " A mix up?" I asked in a low voice and then added. " What does that even mean? And whose is it then? " I asked all at once as my hands subconsciously went to my stomach. I had a million and one questions going through my head at once and at this point I was scared of what was going to happen next. The silence she gave before her response made me uncomfortable, it felt like a lifetime. "Conrad King's" she replied me firmly. I blinked hard. Most certain that I had misheard her. " Conrad King? ....as in the Conrad King of King's corporation?" I asked out loud, obviously still finding it hard to believe. I watched as Dr Bill nodded once. And grimly. Every rumor I have ever heard about Conrad King immediately slammed into me at once ... rumors of his ruthlessness, being untouchable, a man who doesn't forgive any mistake. I have seen his face on television and sometimes on social media, I have heard people whisper about him at the diner where I worked at. A man with power in his name and destruction in his wake. How is this even possible? Of all the sperms to be inseminated with, it just had to be that of the cold billionaire, Conrad King! " Miss Becker...are you okay?" Dr Bill asked, interrupting my intrusive thoughts. My mouth went dry. " Does this change anything?" I asked and then added. " I mean... What's going to happen to me? How about the payment I was promised?" I watched as Dr Bill blinked at my bluntness, clearly unprepared. But then I needed to know my fate, I needed to know if I was going to get the money I was promised..... especially now that I was..... " Well, that's a bit complicated" She replied " Mr King insists on approving every surrogate himself, this is his third trial and..." " I'm already three weeks pregnant " I blurted out firmly as I clutched my stomach as if to shield it. " I took the test and I did the maths" I added. The room immediately froze. The doctor exchanged panic glances with the nurses. I watched as their voices dropped to a nervous whisper, the words were too fast for me to catch, I only caught fragments like.... approval, dangerous.... what if he refuses. I immediately became overwhelmed as my chest tightened. Was it possible that Conrad King wouldn't accept it? Does this mean that I went through all of the procedures, the risk...my sanity, only to be left with nothing? This was definitely not the reaction I was expecting when I took the pregnancy kit test yesterday with my roommate Laurel. I had been soo happy that the process worked and that I would finally be getting paid the money to clear up my debts....but now, this? Can my life get any worse than this? " Let's run the test to confirm" Dr Bill voiced out at last. My eyes lit up a bit, glad that perhaps all hope wasn't lost. " Please come this way" one of the nurses said as she led me into a separate room. I followed her obediently. At this point I didn't care that I was carrying Conrad King's baby, all I cared about what getting paid like I had been promised. I was running out of time and I have come to realize that working three jobs wasn't ever going to be enough to pay off those debts. I sat still as the nurse drew my blood. I was used to needles at this point so it wasn't much of a big deal to me anymore. An hour later, the nurse led me back to Dr Bill's office with a test result in hand. I sat down nervously as she went through the result. "Oh wow.....you are actually pregnant" she blurted out and then added " three weeks to be precise" I remained silent as she spoke. " This is more complicated than we imagined " she continued My pulse was still thundering when the doors to the office slammed open. I couldn't believe my eyes. I watched as Conrad King....the Conrad King walked in like a storm in a suit. Tall, sharp eyed and radiating the kind of power that made everyone else shrink back. "Mr King" Dr Bill immediately rose to her feet as soon as she spotted him . I couldn't believe that I was sharing the same room as that of Conrad King, the ruthless and cold billionaire. Behind him followed a man probably in his 40's. He appeared way calmer than Conrad King. And then a couple of body guards, I presume. "What the hell is going on?" Conrad's voice was low and lethal. I was immediately intimidated by the tone but I remained sitted without uttering out a single word. "....I received an email stating that they was a swap in the surrogate" He continued firmly I watched as Dr Bill stammered through an explanation but Conrad's expression only darkened with a look of disbelief. " You expect me to believe that I've poured millions into this circus for you to botch something soo basic? Is that what you're telling me right now?" He faced the doctor and nurses. The tone in his voice was enough to send shivers down the spine of a hundred persons all at once. Now I was beginning to understand why everyone feared him. Why no one dared to mess with him. " Mark my words...I will have this entire hospital in court before the sun rises...." He added but his words were interrupted by the nervous Dr Bill " She is pregnant" She blurted out as she gestured towards me. The words seemed to hang in the sterile air as Conrad stilled and his gaze snapped to me. " And who on earth is she?" He asked firmly " The surrogate... she's pregnant " Dr Bill replied him. I could feel the entire room's gaze on me as I sat down quietly. I could sense the hospital staff silently praying for this to end well. Most importantly, I was praying that I got the money I was promised. For the first time, Conrad's eyes locked onto mine...cold, and assessing as if I were some puzzle laid out in front of him. " Pregnant?" He asked. His voice was filled with soo much doubt. Dr Bill quickly nodded in response. " Yes Mr King...we confirmed it already. She is three weeks pregnant " Conrad remained silent as she spoke. " Even though it wasn't planned, but this is the only successful attempt so far" I swallowed the lump in my throat and wanted to look away from Conrad but I couldn't. Not when his stare pinned me in place, heavy and unrelenting as though he could read every thought in my head. I watched as the older man behind him said to him in a low voice. " This is what you wanted Conrad... don't throw it away" But Conrad said nothing, instead he just kept looking at me with those piercing eyes of his, it was obvious that his silence was louder than his fury. As the silence stretched, my hands trembled in my laps. My life, my future, everything hung on what this man decides in the next breath. And then, he finally spoke to God knows who " Draw up the contract." I immediately let out a breath that I didn't even realize I was holding, until his gaze found mine again. " But understand this...." His tone was indeed dangerous. " From this moment on, I decide the terms" My blood immediately ran cold. Because in that instant, I knew I wasn't just carrying Conrad King's child, I was stepping into a world where mercy does not exist.