Accidental Surrogate

Accidental Surrogate For Alpha Novel Chapter 4

Ella

My hands are shaking as I dial Kate’s number. Have I ever been this angry? If I have I certainly can’t remember it now.

“Hello?” Kate answers almost immediately, using a sickly sweet tone that screams of fakeness.

“Kate?” I state bluntly. “Are you with Mike right now?”

There’s a pregnant pause on the other end of the line, before she weakly responds, “What? Of course not.”

“Come off it Kate, do you really think I don’t know about your shit?” I demand. “I’m not a complete idiot.”

“Ella listen–” She begins, obviously gearing up to give me some sort of excuse.

“No, I don’t even care about your little affair anymore – but I need to talk to him right now.” I declare fiercely.

There’s another pause, and then Kate’s voice drops its innocent tone. “You don’t care?” She repeats, sounding truly shocked. “ You know I’m already pregnant?”

I wasn’t prepared for that particular piece of news. I clench my hands into fists, feeling so furious I think I might actually break the phone with my tight grip, “And what, you think that’s some sort of victory?” I bite.

of responsibility that he’d poison me for years is probably

loves me, he would never –” She

how charming he can be, considering what a bastard he truly is. How do

course he does!” She objects, “He just didn’t tell you about it because he didn’t want you to bleed him dry.

gullible, stupid Kate. He’s as much a stock broker as I

got money, he lavishes it on

fraudulent credit cards he took out in my name!” I shout, losing my temper

“What?” She squeaks.

I’ve only just found out – he’s completely bankrupted me. I’m calling the police and if I were you, I’d check your own credit rating

repeats weakly, “you’re wrong, it’s different

Kate, but

not giving her a chance to respond. Why did I buy his lies about looking for work for so long? He crushed me little by little, all the while pretending to be so nice, and I

decide. I won’t ever let myself be fooled that

want to get my revenge on Mike, but first I’ve got to try and salvage what’s left of my life. I have to go to the police and see if I can resolve these financial issues… I can’t have a baby if I’m bankrupt,

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to me about as gently as he might smash an ant beneath his boot. “I’ll give you the police report to send to

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