Andrew's pov
Andrew can't get the whole idea out of his head ever since his friend Chris had mentioned it during one of their catch up evenings in a local cafe in February, when he'd last been in Binghamton. It's been constantly on his mind.
He remembers how his friend casually put the idea into his mind. It seemed as if they were both talking about him getting a new car, as if he was helping him pick out the one that best soothes his personality. This was definitely not about him buying a new car or picking out a new model, this conversation was about a human life, a baby to be precise.
"Why don't you look into surrogacy?"Chris had suggested before continuing. "Don't look at me like that, men do it these days and there are a thousand women out there who are ready to do same as long as the pay is good "
He had spent weeks researching and studying about this surrogacy thing and Chris is the only one who knows about it. He's afraid that people would think he is whimsical for wanting to birth a child through surrogacy when he hasn't even tried to find a girlfriend or a wife.
The idea was just a bizarre and crazy one but he couldn't shove it off anyways.
He's a bachelor. During these past years he's been far too busy with work to even think about relationships or marriage not to talk of children; winning huge contracts for his Father's company has been his sole aim for years he can't remember. It's been a childhood dream for him to Man the affairs of the company better than his father had done and that's exactly what he is doing. Big wins since the day his father Jacob Hills pronounced him the heir to the family business. Running it this far wasn't a problem. He was focused, brilliant, attractive but not very emotional on the outside.
Now he's half way through the fourth year of running the company successfully.
This has been the easiest year for him, he employed a few more staff and his younger brother Damon was done with school so he had been employed to assist him in the company. Things were much easier and the workload has sufficed massively.
Andrew feels revivified and rejuvenated; he was totally free of stress, the pressure and burden from work has been slightly lifted off his shoulders. He could now have time to think some important things through. This simply means he has a bit more down time. The extra free time has been good but it's giving him too much leverage to think. Imagine living in a massive house in Newburgh, a very wonderful idea but it would even be better if he had someone to share his space with. Maybe a wife or even children. His mansion needs the sound of innocent laughter and little feet running around the place, swings and slides here and there in the garden and infant artworks proudly displayed and taped to the walls and cabinets. It was built for a family home and not meant for a thirty years old guy to walk around all by himself.
He wishes for a family of his own, he hopes for the day his little girl would squeeze his hand and call him 'daddy', he's dreaming of the day he can take his kids out for fishing or Karting or camping or a stroll to the beach or whatever they could do together.
His need to become a father is greater than him winning more big contracts for the company. His career was at stake and so was his inheritance. He is a top billionaire and a very eligible bachelor in town yet he's failed to meet the woman of his dreams. ' the only one' who he wants to spend the rest of his life with. The one with whom he'd share the joy of becoming parents and of course the joy of closing more enormous deals.
So he's decided to help himself as much as he can by taking matters into his own hands. It was his problem and so he would find a way to fix it as best as he can. He doesn't need a wife or a girlfriend to make him a dad. Of course, it's an unconventional way of doing things. People might say it's anomalous and awkward but hey, he knows he's sure going to make a great dad and he's already got the whole year planned out for this. It's a rare goal he needs to achieve.
Surrogacy may be quite expensive but money has never been a problem to him. It doesn't come cheap and in some way it feels so wrong to put a price on a human life. But he looks at it from a totally different angle. He wasn't paying for the baby, not at all, he was paying a woman who would help him care for his unborn child for nine months till it's born, it's no big deal. Like you pay a dry cleaner to help do your laundry, or don't you think? Yeah, that's it. $70,000 is his own little way of thanking her for bringing a cute and precious new soul into this whole for him, a mini him and for giving him the best gift in the whole wide world-fatherhood.
And he is certain that he can manage this situation on his own, he's got it all planned out to the smallest detail. He's aware that when the baby is born it's really going to be a tough one trying to raise the child on his own. He knew that if he'd planned out well in a couple of months the baby would arrive probably during summer and so he would have time to spend at home since he wouldn't be working much in the season. He's definitely not going into this unaware, he knows the challenges that comes with having a baby on your own, his life would change big time and he also knows that he would need help at every time he would need to travel for a business meeting and most importantly he knows that wherever he goes his baby will go, that non-negotiable. It's what always happens and he had seen some movies where single dad's do all that catering for their children all the time. His case wasn't going to be any different.
Picking up his MacBook he delved straight into the site he had been reading through the past two hours. He had been surfing the internet to see potential baby mamas or ladies who were ready to do the job for him. He had spent three weeks looking at the profile information of some of the ladies he had found yet none appealed to him. It feels wrong to just pick any random woman to bear a child for him. What if she had some sort of hereditary ailment he's not even aware of? So he narrows it down to sourcing for agencies who were professionals in picking the best candidates for the job. He selected the two best agencies he was comfortable with and filed out the form. This was a good plan after all, no one would lose out.