Mysterious CEO's Last Surrogate novel Chapter 45

"You were right, Herty, I should have told him," Danica said tearfully as soon as she answered the call. She wasn't just in pain because Loney ignored her but the disappointment she saw in his eyes hurts her more, the fact that Loney was hurting because of her.

"Forget about that, Danica, you can't keep crying in your condition. You have to stay strong, at least for the baby," Herty helplessly tried to encourage her.

"For the baby?" She sniffed. "He won't even talk to me. I don't think he needs a baby anymore," Danica sounded dejected.

"Don't be ridiculous. He has spent so much already. He is just upset but it will cool off. Just hold on okay?" Herty tried to find the right words to comfort her friend. She wasn't a relationship expert but at least she knew her friend.

"Thanks for not judging me, Herty," Danica sniffed.

"You already judged yourself. I don't have to. Will it be okay if I come and visit?" Herty asked. She wanted to be there for Danica because throughout the times her parents were away, Danica was always there for her. 

"I don't know. I would need his permission but he won't talk to me," Danica said. She wished Herty was there but then again, Herty couldn't come around without Loney's permission.

"What about Paul?" Herty asked. 

"He is just as disappointed. Don't worry, I will be fine. How is Jones?" Danica recalled, knowing Jones would be worried about her sister.

"That reminds me, I need to call him. He has been dead worried since Daniella left him at the car park," Herty remarked. Danica was shocked.

"What?" She exclaimed.

"Yes, Danica and your sister wants Loney too," Herty revealed.

Danica felt a tinge in her heart. Could it be that her sister was Loney's ex? What about Jones? It was all too much for her brain to handle. "Jones doesn't deserve that. He is too good."

"I know, that's why you have to be strong, Danica. You can't continue being your sister's puppet," Herty advised.

Danica wiped her tears, the phone on speaker. "I've thought about it too. She even told Loney that she didn't know I was being a surrogate and wondered what I needed money for."

"That is extreme. I haven't seen this guy but he seems scary. Billionaires are scary because they get whatever they want. You have to tell him the truth about everything before your sister destroys you."

"I am ready if only he will give me a chance."

"I will pray for you, Danica."

"Thank you, Herty."

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As soon as Loney entered his bedroom, he used his secret passage out of the mansion. He went to the club and drank till he couldn't anymore. He made one of his bodyguards arrange a girl for him but when the girl was brought, he got upset and sent her away.

He didn't understand the reason why he still couldn't do as he used to before. When he woke up in the hotel, he dressed up and went to the office but his head wasn't clear. Danica or maybe Daniella's face kept appearing to him. He had no intention of going back to the mansion anytime soon.

To get his mind over his pain, he went to supervise some of the projects himself but even that wasn't easy as the word betrayal kept ringing in his mind. He couldn't understand whose betrayal hurt more. Besides, now that he found Daniella, he didn't know whether he loved Danica because he thought she was Daniella or was genuinely attracted to her. He also couldn't bring himself to decide which of the sisters to let go.

However, thinking through everything, he decided to never return to the mansion till Danica gave birth. He will take his child and let both sisters go.

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Jones was driving out of his house when Herty drove in. He stopped instantly. "Did you find out anything?" He asked with his head popped out of the window.

"Let's go inside and talk if you aren't late," Herty said. She had decided to let out everything, thus taking the day off from work. She didn't mind that it was going to be deducted from her salary.