BILLIONAIRE'S HIRED WIFE ①

2. Justifying Surrogacy

Shehnaaz was at her office, sitting in her cubicle. She was reading a contract on the computer with the utmost attention. It was an agreement formulated between a surrogate mother and a couple. It was drafted by none other than shehnaaz herself. She recalled the day when the couple had arrived at their office and put forth their wish to get a contract framed for them.

Shehnaaz was taken aback when she learned about their purpose for coming to the office. Shehnaaz 's boss, Mr. Shaleen malhotra , had assigned the drafting work to her. Shehnaaz had a word with the couple regarding the key points of the contract and made the legal draft. While she was at it, shehnaaz wondered if a girl could nurture somebody else's baby in her womb and hand over the newborn after the delivery. And all of it was just for money.

That day, when shehnaaz came back to the hostel from her work, she could not wait to narrate the whole incident about the contract to her friend.

Jasmine , do you know... When a girl becomes a surrogate, she has to carry the child for nine months within her and then deliver the baby for those who cannot have babies. This has blown my mind since I came to know about such a practice. I mean, how can a girl do that? " Shehnaaz elaborated on the process of surrogacy with a tint of surprise in her eyes.

Jasmine smiled at her friend and replied to her, "This is pretty normal nowadays. You are bound to react this way because, shehnaaz , you have stumbled upon such practise for the first time, I guess. But having a baby through surrogacy is one of the most common ways to have kids for people facing difficulties in having a baby naturally. "

even after her friend tried to normalise the concept of surrogacy for her. Shehnaaz was amazed and kept thinking about the girl who was to become the surrogate mother. She had kind of mixed feelings towards the girl. At one point, shehnaaz was sympathising with her, and on the other hand, she was agitated at the girl for choosing to be a surrogate just for money.

Shehnaaz always looked down upon the people who took such a step just for money, but now the tables had turned in such a way that shehnaaz was compelled to become a surrogate due to her financial needs. She had now realised that the most stubborn and worst situations in life must have compelled the other girl to become a surrogate.

The day after she drafted the contract was one of the most haunting days of her life. It was the day when shehnaaz had received a call from her mother, who informed her that her father had suffered a heart attack. And all of their savings have been exhausted by his treatment.

The doctors had advised shehnaaz's dad to take complete bed rest, and as he was bedridden, he lost his job. The financial conditions of shehnaaz 's house deteriorated to the worst because her dad was the sole breadwinner for the family.

From that day onwards, the only thing that used to reverberate in shehnaaz's mind was money. Shehnaaz was always engrossed in her thoughts about how to earn more and more money and rise from this financial debt that her family had fallen into. The only thing that she wanted now was an escape from the drastic situations that she and her family were trapped in.

During those days, shehnaaz was finishing the drafting of the surrogacy contract when an idea struck her mind. She thought of becoming a surrogate to fulfil her family's financial demands. The hefty sum of money that a surrogate was offered had attracted shehnaaz in some way. She believed that it wasn't something illegal. Both parties would get their benefits out of it. She considered it a noble cause where a couple who were not blessed with a child would become parents, and shehnaaz would get her share of the money to quench her family's financial issues. The financial aspect of the process of surrogacy had convinced her enough to walk down the same path.

She quickly read through the contract carefully and found the address and contact number of the fertility centre where the couple had contacted to resolve their problem. Shehnaaz noted down the address and contact details to be used for her purpose. And the very next day, she went to the fertility clinic with all the queries on her mind.