The Surrogate Vow
Carrying a child for the man who saved her life, Clara finds herself entangled in the opulent, yet suffocating, world of the Vane estate. Six months pregnant, she's a vessel....
Carrying a child for the man who saved her life, Clara finds herself entangled in the opulent, yet suffocating, world of the Vane estate. Six months pregnant, she's a vessel for a legacy, not a family member, until a devastating phone call shatters her fragile peace. Lucas, the kind-eyed man whose child she carries, is dead, leaving Clara utterly alone in a house that now feels like a gilded cage. But before she can even process the loss, Lucas's mother, Eleanor Vane, appears, her eyes cold and calculating, delivering a chilling ultimatum. Clara is no longer needed, but what about the life growing inside her? With Lucas gone, Clara must navigate a treacherous path through grief, betrayal, and the ruthless machinations of a family determined to control their lineage, even if it means discarding her. Can she protect the child she's grown to love when the very people who should cherish him see her as nothing more than a transaction?