*Giovani* Olivia slept soundly, her breath even. I brushed my thumb under the dark shadows circling her eyes, her lack of rest and the large quantity of alcohol she'd consumed coming back to bite her. "Surrogate, huh?" I mumbled to myself in the quiet hours of the night. It was just like her to drop a bombshell on me and then pass out in my arms before I could even respond. I wished we didn't even have to discuss all of this, that I could provide her the baby she wanted without this roundabout way of doing it. But life didn't have that in the cards for us, apparently. I sighed, holding her a little bit closer as I tucked her head under my chin and breathed in her scent. In the morning, I'd have to start researching surrogacy agencies. Whatever my beautiful wife wanted, she would have