Rodri's POV“I am so honored that you spared the time, to attend my wine tasting event.” Tyler Vines, CEO of Vines International Chain of Wine Producing Companies, said with a shrewd smile on his face. “Cheers to us.”Everyone raised their glasses, “Cheers.”Tyler sat back down on his seat at the head of the gigantic golden table, where we were all gathered. An exclusive gathering of billionaires and powerful business tycoons from companies around the country.It was not easy to perfectly host a gathering like this, but that was what that greasy mother fucker called Tyler Vines specialized in. It was a high profile event, yet simple and direct, that was why I was in attendance.Not too many people in one room, thankfully, because that would have worsened the dark mood that had been hovering around me for days. It was just a few days ago when Vanessa told me to stay the fuck away from her, using polite language, and that had just worsened my bottled up anger.Those were the rules I had

Vanessa's POVShit. I was definitely in trouble.Repeatedly leaving the mansion without Rodri’s permission, and visiting his mother without his knowledge. But that was not completely my fault, was it? It was the chairman who brought me here in the first place… but I was the one who offered all by myself.Gosh, I should have told Rodri immediately I returned from that first visit.But I had not even been able to catch a single glimpse of him for two days, and now out of the blue he shows up here? I should not be shocked because this was literally his home, and that woman in there was his mother.I was the stranger here. I should not be meddling in their affairs. But I was still shocked to my bones when he showed up, dark, brooding and drop dead gorgeous in his black office clothes that were rolled up to his veined forearms.And that deep, dark voice of his ordered me to explain.My mind had melted from panic from that point till now.I just wanted to get out of here as fast as possibl

Vanessa's POVHe held my wrist, pulling me closer when I had begun to step away. I shook my head vigorously, twisting my hand free.“Stop! Stop, again. This is risky and you’re my boss and I’m just your surrogate! Nothing else. After this contract, I will leave and you will never see me again!”“Who said that’s still fucking true? We stopped being just man and surrogate the first time our eyes met.” He walked towards me, boring into my eyes with those eyes of his. “I fucking want you, Vanessa.”My heart stuttered.This could not be real.“But the rules—““I made them. I can destroy them. I already destroyed them when I kissed you.” He was dangerously close now, but all I kept getting was danger signals combined with the panic, alarm, lust and above all, the guilt.It was killing me.“Stop.” I exclaimed, my voice shaking. He paused in his tracks, and I was mildly surprised that he even listened. “None of this makes any sense! Please don’t follow me.”I was on a verge of having a panic

Trinity's POVShe stared at my Dolphin Hospital employee ID, and stared back at me, slowly closing her laptop. “What are we talking about?”I slide my ID back into my purse. “I’m glad you asked. You recently just accepted a job offer from Mr. Rodri Darnell to be in charge of his surrogate, didn’t you? And you have been to the mansion once, to see her for the first time.”She looked skeptical and wary, staring me up and down like she was unsure if she should call the police on me. I wasn’t fazed, because I knew my direct, piercing and blatant stare was having the effect I wanted on her.“Why are you asking me this?” Samira asked.“I want to strike a deal with you.” I answered. “I was the nurse in charge of the CEO’s surrogate before you were employed.”“Oh.” It finally clicked for her. “But what kind of deal are we talking about?”She didn’t immediately shut down my offer, which was a good sign. My stare on her didn’t move one inch as I answered, “I need constant information on what’s

Moriah's POV After picking at the food, forcing myself to finish the plate of toast and eggs simply because I didn’t want Estelle’s efforts to go to waste, I moved back to my bedroom to take my sleeping pills again.But the bottle of pills was empty.I frowned and peered inside, but it was completely empty. How many pills had I taken yesterday? I tried to remember. But I lost count. Sighing tiredly, I felt my mood automatically get worse now that the pills I used as a coping mechanism was gone.I moved to the refrigerator to check if I had another bottle of pills laying around in there. But I found none. Also half of the fridge was empty, reminding me that I had not gone grocery shopping for a while.That was the only thing I still had the strength to do, because all I had to do was stare at the list of groceries Vanessa had saved on my phone, pick things from the counter, and drop them inside my cart. Waking around store was distracting, and that was the only time I was around people