"Since you're the one who took away Vivian's chance to be a mother, you're going to have a child and give it to her."

My eyes went wide. "Stewart, do you hear how insane you sound?"

"You owe a debt, you pay it back. Simple as that!"

For her, he'd lost all reason. He truly was desperate in his love for this woman.

A laugh tore out of me, so violent my whole body shook.

Then, quietly, I lowered my eyes. "Fine. You got what you wanted."

I didn't miss the flash of triumph that crossed Vivian's face.

Stewart scoffed and produced a surrogacy contract.

It wasn't even legally enforceable. He actually thought my signature would make it binding.

Black ink on white paper.

"Can I go now?"

Stewart took the signed contract, then flicked a glance to the side. His bodyguards closed in around me.

My heart dropped. "Stewart, what else do you want?!"

"Vivian's been waiting for this wedding for a long time. Nothing is going to go wrong." He said it like it was the most reasonable thing in the world. "After the ceremony tomorrow, I'll let you go."

I was thrown into the Delgado family's basement. My head struck the concrete floor, and everything went black.