I never realized I was selling my body until the money hit our account. Even then, I told myself it was love. That’s how deep the lie went.
Ethan didn’t force me. He didn’t raise his voice or threaten me. He simply held my hand while I signed the surrogacy papers and told me we were doing it “for us.” For our family. For our future. I believed him.
What I didn’t know was that “us” really meant “his mother.”