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"Christian it's the only way. I know you'll find this hard but once we have our baby everything will be ok, I promise." Lily leans in and kisses her husband on the cheek. "Besides, there may never be another woman willing to carry our child. This is our only chance." She sits back and looks at him intently. "Please." He sighs, running his hands through his hair in exasperation. To say he was enjoying married life would be a major exaggeration. Christian's parents were proud of him already, but their accidental meeting with his wife when he wasn't entirely sure of her name secured his fate without him knowing it. This hideous fuck up forced him into a settled down, family life he never intended to have. Though it was normal, routine, controlled, and he likes that aspect of it. Lily wasn't a bad person, but she lacked personality and with little charisma and no sense of humour she had nothing going for her other than her incredible body and gorgeous mane of blonde waves. Which is what made him choose her for his one night stand, he had seen her with his mothers best friend Elena. A woman who had always gazed at him like a piece of meat. He slept with her not knowing that his parents were planning on paying him a visit the next morning, not only catching him with a woman, but a woman thy already knew, wearing only his shirt on her slim figure. Thus pinning him into a corner, where he would be tied down with a wife simply to please his father. Christian Grey had everything most men desire. Good looks, a business that brought him millions a day, a plethora of gadgets; phones, cars, helicopters, planes, and a beautiful, presentable wife that he could have on his arm at dinner parties with rich potential investors. Although material possessions mean nothing if you yourself are not happy. Christian had more than he could ever dream of, but he wasn't a happy man. He wasn't living. Merely surviving, but to a self loathing megalomaniac that was all he needed to do to get by. And if that meant giving his wife a baby, he would do it.

"But who is this woman? And why does she want to carry our baby?" He enquires, he's never been good with not being presented with all the facts. It irritated him as much as his wife's whining did. Lily just sits back and breathes out.

"I don't know. It's all anonymous. She doesn't know who we are and vice versa. But more importantly, she's willing to carry our child. All she wants is the payment and your sperm and she'll do it." Christian was finding this subject increasingly dull. Children was not an idea he often entertained, but he was not the type of man that would leave his wife to raise their child on her own. He would help, and he was sure he would love this child, but it seemed a bit of a gamble considering he knew nothing of this woman. She could be a drug addict, like his crack whore of a mother. Or an alcoholic, a psychopath, a murderer, a thief. And he would never know. The baby would just be delivered to them one day and that was it. He was unsure, but if it would stop the incessant nagging from his wife and if he had a beautiful baby at the end of it then how hard could it be? He didn't like the idea of pleasuring himself into a cup but if this baby had to have one half of the couples genes he would much prefer it to be his.

"Well, how soon can we get it all started?" Lily's face breaks out into a rare smile that Christian doesn't reciprocate.

Anastasia Steele was a complex woman. She had a psychology degree that she worked extremely hard for. She trained to be a psychologist and specialised in bereavement and trauma therapy. But one day a fatal incident with a patient of hers caused her to leave where she lived. With no job, home or money she soon found herself in a sticky situation. She needed money and fast. So a trip to a clinic gave her the opportunity to make a fortune and secure some residents for herself. Being a surrogate wasn't something she would enjoy, carrying a child that wasn't hers, that she would never see again once it was born. But money was what she needed and this was the highest paying 'job' she had come across. She was waiting for confirmation from the potential parents who she knew as File HYJ00-Z39. As far as she was aware all of this would be anonymous, and she was currently staying at a friend's apartment near the clinic. So all she had to do was wait. And on the 14th October 2014 she got a phone call. She was told that the couple said yes, and that if she agreed his sperm and her egg would be mixed and implanted in her uterus. She wasn't one to admit fear but she was terrified of this. Her friend Kate was the one who reassured her that she would feel renewed afterwards, that she was giving life to a man and woman desperate for a baby. "But what if they're horrible to it?" Kate shook her head.

"They wouldn't be investing all this time and over fifty thousand dollars for you to have this treatment would they?" Ana shrugs, knowing that Kate was right but she rarely admits that she's wrong. "That's what I thought. Don't worry Ana, you can do this." She nods and goes into the spare room for some privacy while she makes the phone call.

"Hello, is this Ellen Brooks? The head of the surrogacy treatment?" She says, biting her nail out of nervous habit.

"Yes it is. Can I ask who's calling?"

"Oh, it's Anastasia Steele. You asked me if I would agree to be a surrogate for File HYJ00-Z39. I wanted to let you know that my answer is yes." Ana knew that this wouldn't be easy. But with how much the mystery couple were going to pay for this child to be implanted into her she couldn't let the opportunity slip away.

"Christian!" Lily calls her husband downstairs while he's shaving.

"For fuck sake." He grumbles. "Can I not get five minutes peace?" He wipes the remaining foam off his face and walks downstairs where Lily is shaking holding the phone. He immediately frowns. "What's wrong?" She turns to him with tears in her eyes.

"She'll do it. The girl. She's going to carry our child." She runs to him and wraps her arms around his waist. Christian didn't understand why she was so desperate for this child. She knew that she couldn't have children prior to the marriage because she suffered from polycystic ovaries when she was a teenager. She saw a doctor and was told she may never be able to have a baby. He was surprised at how unaffected she was and he thought that that would have been it with the idea of children. As far as he was aware they only married because it ensured stability for both of them. Their parents would be happy and their images would be safe. It was marriage of convenience, not love. He hadn't thought that he would get feelings for her but he was surprised that he didn't even consider her a good friend by now. They had been married for two years and all he thought of her was that she was an acquaintance. Heck he thought Taylor and Gail were more his friends that she was. But he didn't deserve love as far as he thought. He was a broken man and no woman could ever fix him. And as he dismissively held his wife in the middle of their kitchen he thought that maybe this child could be the making of him.

A/N - I know I have two other stories but I'm close to finishing one of them at least, so I thought I would post a little preview of a story I want to write and see what you all think. I saw this on a review for another story and someone commented asking someone to do this. When I updated this earlier people told me that this story was ready done and I'm 'copying' them. The truth is I had no idea these other stories existed, but I intend to make this one slightly different and I will finish it. Please read it and see if you want me to continue or if you want to see something else. Please review and tell me what you think :)

Sophie x