His Surrogate For Hire

Going back to the mansion was bittersweet. Once they approached the gates, Diana knew the vacation was definitely over. Back to being at the manor, and back to the reality of Clay waiting for her to get pregnant. Passing through those gates, she knew things had to get back to normal.

Once in the house, they went their separate ways. Diana’s heart dropped for a moment. She was not sure what they were supposed to do. Were they supposed to lie together at night and have endless pillow talk? Was she supposed to consider herself someone special to him? She had never considered the fact that he may have other women. It was not like they discussed those things before. For all she knew, Clay could have women in different cities. Wouldn’t a billionaire have that kind of lifestyle?

And at this point, they were not in a committed relationship. There was no way she could ask him for any more than what he was giving.

Diana threw her bags on her bed. The first thing she thought to do was to call Teresa.

“So you are back?”

“I am. And I can’t believe the weekend I had.”

Diana recounted the weekend to her friend.

“That sounds amazing, Diana. Absolutely amazing. Does he have a rich friend? Or a brother that has money as well? Maybe we could double date.”

“There is more.”

“More than the helicopter ride over the city and the stay at the winery?”

Diana got quiet as she tried to find the words to tell her friend. She decided to just blurt it out.

“Clay and I slept together.”

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

“Did you hear me?” Diana asked.

“I did. You what? How did that happen?”

Diana sat quietly as she let the information sink in.

“I didn’t mean that. I know how it happened, Di. What’s next for the two of you?”

Diana shrugged. “I don’t know. We haven’t discussed it yet.”

Teresa snickered. “You haven’t discussed it yet? What is there to discuss? The two of you have now been intimate and you should take things from there.”

“I don’t know if it’s that easy, Teresa. I wasn’t anticipating any of this happening.”

“It’s obvious you weren’t prepared for any of this. But it’s happening. What are you going to do about it?”

“I really don’t know, Teresa. I’m not sure there is anything I can do.”

Massaging her temples, Diana tried to think about what she could do to either move things along, or make things more clear as to where the two of them stood.

“You are living in the man’s house, about to have his baby. You mean to tell me that does not entitle you to ask a few questions and set a few boundaries?”

She hated to admit her friend may be right. “I guess I can see where you are coming from on this, Teresa. Maybe I should ask a few questions. You just may be right.”

The phone went silent.

“Hello?” Diana said, trying to make sure there was no disconnection.

“I’m still here,” Teresa replied. “I was just marking this date on the calendar.”

“Why?” Diana asked.

“It’s the day that you finally admitted I was right.”

“Bye Teresa.”

“I’ll talk to you later.”

They ended the phone call. Diana’s mind was spinning, trying to figure out what she would do next. Then it dawned on her. Clay had taken her away on a mini vacation in order to help her to relax, get rid of stress. There was no reason to put the stress back on herself. She had read somewhere that the majority of stress was caused by internal conflict, not external issues. She was causing herself the internal conflict and there was no reason to.

All she had to focus on was getting pregnant and maintaining the pregnancy. It was times like this that she had to continue to remind herself why she was here. The number one reason was not to fall in love.