My Husband Forced Me to Be a Surrogate for His Boss to Get Promotion — but His True Motive Turned Out to Be Even Worse

“Do you really want Ethan growing up in this cramped house?”

“You’re being selfish. This could change everything for us.”

That last one hit me hard.

Selfish. The word stuck like a splinter.

My mom came over one afternoon. I broke down and told her everything.

“What does your gut say?” she asked.

“My gut tells me it’s wrong.

But my brain keeps thinking about all the things we could do with that money.”

“Money isn’t everything, sweetheart.”

“Easy to say when you’re not drowning in bills, Mom.”

I wish I’d listened to her.

Two days later, I told Doug yes. The look of pure relief on his face should’ve been my first warning.

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