Chapter 4

The whistle again! This woman should really work on a new strategy of waking me up because blowing a whistle on me will make me have a heart attack. Why do I have to work out anyway? If this is Michael trying to punish me then it’s working.

"I'm up!" I get out of bed

"Let’s go Miss Jacobs, it is burning day light" she blows the whistle.

"Please don't blow the whistle!"

“Wake up first” she answers

“I’m up okay and why do we have to go this so early?”

“Just following orders” she blows the whistle again

My thighs hurt like no man's business, is this what happens when you don't work out because every limb in my body hurts, it feels like I have been hit by a truck.

“Let’s go Miss Jacobs!” she yells

It’s 5am for Christ’s sake.

"I'm sorry ma'am what's your name?"

"Anna!" she answers

"Mrs Anna, please stop blowing the whistle. We are the only ones in the room and I can hear you clearly"

"Sorry, it's a habit. Let's get going" she says

We hit the gym, I don't know why Michael felt the need to get me a personal trainer? This woman is making me do sit ups and squats, what does that have to do with being a surrogate? 2 hours felt like a year I swear tomorrow I'm going to play sick.

Took a bath then headed down for breakfast. Michael is already there, I sit next to him. He doesn't greet so I won't greet him either, instead I greet Nick who's sitting across the room with a newspaper in his hands.

"Hey Nick!" I call, this house is huge and quiet so when you yell something it echoes. 

"Morning Miss Jacobs" Nick answers lowly

I start eating, I still don’t understand why they cook for an army yet it’s just me and Michael.

"Hie to you too" Michael after a decade of silence

I ignore him, that's what he did to me yesterday.

"Bella!" he says

“Mmmm!”

“So you telling me you didn’t hear me greeting you” he asks

"Are you talking to me?"

"We are the only ones in the table of course I'm talking to you" he answers

"Oh! And what did you say?"

"Never mind! Get ready we are going to the doctor" he says

"Why? Are we doing the surrogacy thing today?"

“Just get ready and let’s go!” he says

“I am not going unless you tell me why we are going to the doctor’s”

"Do I have to explain everything to you" he asks

"Yes! You have to explain to me"

"Get ready Bella!" he orders

"Don't order me around"

"I tried being nice" he stands up "Nick get her to the car even if it means dragging her there" he walks out.

Right, getting someone to do his dirty work.

“Look Isabella as long as you want to get along with Michael, try by all means to not disrespect him” Nick says

“I didn’t do anything!”

“Whatever you said don’t say it. Just try not to tick him off” he says

“What is he, God?”

"Stop provoking him ok trust me you won’t like seeing him angry" he answers.

"I was just playing with him, he should loosen up"

"Michael isn't the kind of person to joke with trust me" he answers.

"Noted!"

"Now let's go to the car" he says

"Don't you people know how to use the word please?"

"We can always use force you know" he says calmly.

"Can I at least finish eating?"

"No! Now go to the car or you’ll be carried there and trust me these guys are not gentle, you might end up losing all your breakfast” he says

“Fine!”

“Good girl!” he smiles “And apologize to Michael”

“I’m not doing that, he’s going to have to live with it” 

“It’s going to be the longest 10 months of my life” he sighs opening the car door for me, Michael’s already in the car.

The car starts moving, no one is talking in the car, just smooth jazz playing on the radio, I’m just looking at the beautiful city and Michael is busy with his phone as usual. I might as well admit that I have a sickness, I do not know how to shut up well I am a journalist so asking questions is a part of me.

“Michael!’ I clear my throat, he puts his phone away and locks at me. That’s the first.

“What’s your second name” I ask

“Michael!”

“Isn’t that your name” I ask

“It’s my second name!”

“Then what is your name” I ask, he gives me the annoyed look

“Is this how it’s going to be? You getting annoyed by everything I say” I ask

“I can’t help it, you’re so annoying”

He’s going to have to get used to it. 

“Do you have a wife or girlfriend” I ask

“That’s my personal life”

“What do you need a child for” I ask

“Personal!”

“At least tell me something about you, how will we get to know each other if we don’t talk” I say 

“We don’t have to know each other, you’re here for one thing…”

“I know I’m the surrogate and nothing more but we are going to be together for the next 10 months and what if I have a medical issue that you don’t know about” I say

“I know everything about you Isabella Jacobs, I studied you like a book”

I tried to make conversation with him but seems he’s a closed book.

We get to the hospital and they do a check up on me, so he couldn’t just tell me that we are going for a checkup. They give me a few injections, I don’t know what they are for and I don’t want to know I just want to get over with this madness and go back home. Can it be 10 months already?

(2 weeks later)

This is what one calls living, having breakfast, lunch and dinner on time. Nick gave me a mini tour showing me the beautiful Spain. Two weeks of eating healthy and exercising. Plus we are waiting for my ovulation days so I can get pregnant and give Michael his ‘cargo’ and leave. Let’s say I'm getting used to living with Michael's stinking attitude even though a part of me wants to rip his head off. He's just rude and I hate the way he treats the helpers like they are not human. I know I agreed to be Michael's surrogate but sometimes I think of changing my mind, I think I'm getting cold feet. I'm scared, this is no joke this is carrying a child and I'm scared, I heard that giving birth is very painful. And I keep thinking about what my sister said “Once you hold the baby in your arms it’ll be hard to let go”

What if I want the baby? Do I also get the right to the baby? These are the questions I should have asked the lawyer but hey we have the internet for everything I’m going to look online I’m sure I’ll find something about surrogate rights. The question I keep asking myself is why does Michael wants a baby so bad? And why did he chose me. There are billion girls who would have his baby naturally and for free.

I'm sitting by the pool, it’s a little too hot today and since I have nothing to and Nick is not around, he’s the only person that talks to me around here. The others just nod and smile. I'm just sitting by the edge with my feet in the pool wearing a £2000 bikini. This is just madness, a bikini shouldn’t cost this much after all it’s just a set of strings tied together and covering one quarter of my body.

"Uhm Bella!" Nick says

"What!"

“I think you’ve been in the sun for too long maybe you should go back inside” he says

“It’s hot inside!”

“Just turn on the A.C” he says

“No I’m still enjoying the sun!”

"Look I wouldn’t ask you to do it if it wasn’t necessary" he whispers

"Why are you whispering?"

“You seriously need to go back inside" he answers

“Don’t tell you Michael ordered you to do this?”

“Bella please!”

"Okay!" I say getting up

“And please wear something decent” he hands me the towel

“Yes sir!”

"You have to get inside house Bella hurry!" why us he so bent on getting me inside the house.

“Okay alright I’m going!”

The car drives in and stops right in from of the door, a man walks out and he’s with two women. Nick curses before walking to them, well I don’t know anyone so I continue walking to the house.

“Hey, not so fast! Come here” the man says, I slowly walk to them

“Hie!” I whisper

“I’ve never seen you before” he smile, I look at Nick!

“This is Bella and Bella this is Jordan! He’s Michael’s brother”- Nick 

“Nice to meet” I say before walking away

“Not so fast! So are you and Michael together” he asks

“God no!”

“She means not yet, they are in the process of making things official”- Nick

“What!” I give him the blank look

“She’s just shy bust they are together and Bella go get ready Michael is waiting for you” Nick answers

What is he on about?

“She’s coming to the dinner” Jordan asks

What dinner?

“Yes! Bella go get ready” Nick says

I don’t know what he’s on about but I’m going to leave before things get more awkward. I heard to my room, Nick walks in soon after.

“You’re not Michael’s surrogate and no one can ever know” he says

“But I am his surrogate?”

“And it stays between you two, no one else has to know” he says

“Why?”

“Can for once in your life not ask why? Change of planes, get ready you’re going to the diner with Michael” he calls

“I’m not going anyway especially with Michael”

“Bella don’t make me use force because we will or just drug you and you wake up at dinner your choice” he says

“What is up with this diner thing anyway?”

“I’ll send people to get you ready” he says

“I can dress up by myself ok”

“Good then get ready we are leaving in 2 hours” he checks his wrist watch.

“I like you better when you’re quiet and why can’t Jordan know that I’m Michael’s surrogate after all that is why I’m here”

“Just get ready! I’ll check on you in 2 hours and please no funny business” he says

“Do I have a choice?”

“No!” he walks out

What have you gotten yourself into Isabella Jacobs? I look at myself in the mirror, even with a million dollar dress I still feel like nothing.

“Let’s go!” Nick says entering the room

“Don’t you knock?”

“No, no Bella you can’t go wearing that” he says

“Why?”

“To revealing! It’s a no. Please go change” he answers

“I’m not changing anything, if you want to go with me then I’m going in this”

“Please Bella Michael will kill me, please change!”

“Then start digging your grave, let’s go”

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