He set off on a journey towards the one thing he thought was missing—a child of his own. But as with all the best-laid plans, this one turns out not to be so simple, after all… Elliot Bryson knew he wanted to be a father, but as a busy doctor who’d never found time to settle down, he was missing a big part of the biological puzzle. Encouraged by his family, he seeks to change that with surrogacy, and in Grace Franco – the ball of sunshine who lights up the dull corridors of his hospital – he thinks he’s found the perfect candidate. They agree to a business-only arrangement – a way to solve each other’s problems, and give him the child he desperately wants… But the more they become entwined in each other’s lives, the clearer it becomes that neither of them wants to part ways forever in nine months’ time.