The CEO’s Baby Mama

Episode 1

Vanessa Scott is out of options. Her sister Sophia needs heart surgery now, and the bill is $300,000. When she's told there's a way to make that kind of money fast, Vanessa agrees to become a surrogate. She'll do anything to save Sophia.

Across town, Alexander Moore has a different problem: his mother is demanding he marry Jenny and produce a grandchild. Alex refuses flatly. No marriage, no kids — he doesn't need a wife to have an heir. Instead, he tells Kevin to find him a surrogate. He's having a baby, on his own terms.

Two desperate people, one secret arrangement. Neither has any idea how tangled their lives are about to become.

Episode 2

The surrogate search lands on a match: twenty-three, healthy, exactly Alex's type — though he insists he doesn't care who she is. There's a catch he makes clear to Nate: she can never know who he is, or she could come back demanding more. Vanessa signs everything.

When she asks about the money, she learns it comes only after the procedure works. Since she's already in New York, they could do it today.

Afterward, Vanessa tells Sophia the surgery will be covered. Sophia pushes back — where is the money coming from? Cornered, Vanessa admits the truth: she became a surrogate. Sophia is horrified.

Episode 3

Sophia blames herself for what Vanessa has done, but Vanessa won't hear it. Taking care of family is what family does, and she promises things will get better.

Then a call changes everything: Vanessa is hired as the CEO's assistant at New Wave Design. She starts in two months. But on her first day, the previous assistant isn't leaving quietly. She accuses Vanessa of stealing her job and mocks her cheap clothes, insisting a fashion label shouldn't hire someone who looks like her.

Vanessa fires back — her skills matter more than her looks, and she earned this job.

Episode 4

The office feud boils over. Alex is told the new assistant poured coffee all over the other woman in front of everyone. He asks what started it, and hears the claim that Vanessa stole her job.

The former assistant demands security, calling Vanessa unstable. Alex agrees someone has to go — then turns it around on her. She can walk out on her own, or Nate and HR can escort her.

Stunned, she protests that there's been a mistake, but it's done. Alex thanks Nate, then turns to Vanessa. When she gives her name — Vanessa Scott — something flickers. Why does that name sound so familiar?

Episode 5

Vanessa tries to brush it off — Scott is a common name, and she has a pretty common face. Alex isn't fully convinced, but he's intrigued.

He calls her to his office for one last interview, and if he likes what he hears, the job is hers. The assignment: New Wave is launching a kids' line, and he needs a design that impresses him.

Vanessa asks the obvious question — why would a high-end fashion house go into kids' clothing? Alex's answer lands like a bomb: he's going to be a father, and he wants something to give to his child. Vanessa freezes. He's married?

Episode 6

Vanessa presents her concept: primary colors, kept clean and simple, built from basic geometric shapes that would work for children. But Alex zeroes in on what she left out — the strongest piece. She admits it edged too close to a movie poster that sparked controversy involving kids, and she didn't want to risk that anywhere near this line.

Alex is impressed. She'd rather protect children than keep her best work. That's exactly what he needs. He calls for Nate, and Vanessa is left wondering what just happened.

Episode 7

Nate gets the paperwork ready. Alex introduces Vanessa as his new assistant designer, and she promises not to let him down. As she leaves with Nate, someone murmurs that Alex is never that nice to anyone.

Meanwhile, it's the surrogate's first checkup. Nate needs signatures, but Alex refuses to meet her — he'll stay next door, unseen. He can still watch everything about the baby's development on the monitor.

Then Alex notices something. A man is with her. Who is he?

Episode 8

Vanessa isn't alone at the clinic. The man beside her has known her since they were five — where else would he be? He asks whether the whole surrogacy arrangement is really for Sophia, and Vanessa says she'll do whatever it takes to get her sister better.

But Alex is watching, and he's spiraling. He was told the surrogate was single, never with anyone. So who is that man? This baby is his heir — he needs to know it's his.

He decides he's done hiding. He's asking her himself. Approaching, he demands: who's the man with you?