Chapter 1

Luka Moretti, heir to the Moretti Family, one of New York’s Five Families, had been drugged by a rival Family.

In the chaos that followed, I spent the night with him.

It only happened once, and I got pregnant.

When Luka came looking for me, my best friend, Madison Clark, was trying to convince me to get rid of the baby.

“Elena, you can’t keep this child.”

“The Moretti Family will only use you as an incubator, and you can’t sell your body for money.”

I was just about to turn Luka down.

Then I suddenly heard the voice of the baby inside me.

【Why is this happening again?】

【Last time, Mom listened to her friend and turned down fifty million dollars, so I was born without enough food or clothes, and Dad’s first love eventually killed me.】

Wait.

Luka was going to give me fifty million dollars?

I was keeping this baby.

I was definitely having her.

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“If you take their money and give birth to a child for the Moretti Family, how are you any different from a broodmare they bought?”

As soon as Madison finished speaking, the baby’s voice returned.

【Only an idiot like Mom would listen to Madison.】

【She didn’t even give Dad a chance to name his price before throwing him out.】

The baby’s voice was soft and tiny.

Her insults were anything but.

I pushed Madison aside and grabbed Luka before he could leave.

“Luka, what was the solution you mentioned?”

Luka studied me for several seconds.

Then he took a cashier’s check from the Family lawyer and handed it to me.

“You’ll receive fifty million dollars during the pregnancy.”

“The Moretti Family will cover all your medical expenses, living costs, and security.”

“If you safely deliver a healthy child, you’ll receive another fifty million afterward.”

Madison stared at the cashier’s check with naked jealousy, her voice turning urgent.

“Elena, make him leave!”

“Don’t let him think he can humiliate you with money!”

I swallowed as I stared at the amount printed on the check.

My parents were ordinary farmers in upstate New York.

They had mortgaged the farm and taken out enormous loans to put me through college.

Even now, they struggled to make the payments every month.

If receiving fifty million dollars counted as humiliation, I was willing to endure it.

I had no idea why the baby claimed I would reject the check.

Right now, I reached out and took it without hesitation.

“You don’t have to worry, Luka.”

“I’ll keep the pregnancy confidential and cooperate with the doctors arranged by the Moretti Family.”

“After the baby is born, I’ll hand her over to the Moretti Family as agreed.”

The baby suddenly fell silent.

Several seconds passed before I heard her again.

【How did Mom suddenly learn how to make the right decision?】

【The men in the Moretti Family have hereditary low sperm motility, so it’s incredibly difficult for Dad to have a child.】

【Grandpa has always wanted a girl, and as long as Mom cooperates, the Moretti Family will eventually protect her because of me.】

Madison finally came to her senses.

She stared at me in disbelief.

“Elena, you have no self-respect!”

“You’re actually selling yourself for money!”

She lunged forward and tried to snatch the cashier’s check from my hand.

I immediately hid behind Luka.

“This is my child.”

“Of course I’m going to have her.”

“I also want her to have the best possible life from the moment she’s born.”

Madison tried to come at me again.

The two soldiers stationed outside immediately entered the room.

They seized her by the arms and dragged her out.

Luka watched her with no warmth in his eyes.

“She isn’t a real friend.”

“Stay away from her from now on.”

The baby clapped excitedly.

【Good job, Dad!】

【Too bad Mom didn’t have two functioning brain cells before.】

I silently responded to her.

Easy, baby.

Mom will listen.

I gave Luka my most obliging smile and spoke carefully.

“I’ll move out tomorrow.”

“I won’t have any further contact with Madison, and I won’t allow anyone dangerous near the baby.”

Luka nodded in satisfaction.

I looked at him and cautiously made a request.

“If you don’t mind, could I rent somewhere close to you?”

“That would make it easier for the Moretti Family to check on the baby whenever necessary.”

Luka frowned.

He surveyed my cramped, run-down apartment before letting his gaze settle on my stomach.

“Pack your things.”

“You’ll move into the guesthouse beside the Moretti estate.”

“That will also make it easier for my mother to visit you.”

After speaking, he leaned against the doorway instead of leaving.

Apparently, he intended to wait while I packed.

He was tall and broad.

His black shirt hugged his waist, revealing the faint outline of defined abdominal muscles.

My heart suddenly began to race.

I lowered my head and rested a hand on my stomach.

This time, I would make sure you never went hungry.

I would keep you safe as you grew.

I would make you the happiest girl in the world.