Hiding the Alpha’s Baby

c Chapter 87

AYLA

I don’t know what I am saying. But my words have caused a heavy silence among people.

My mind spins. I grin, pointing towards a tall, blurry guy in the crowd.

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Will you—marry me? “I stutter, stumbling over my feet again.

It will destroy Mom and Dad’s plans for me if I can just change the course of my life by getting married to a man they don’t get to choose. The thought keeps hammering my hazy mind.

But whoever I point to, just runs away.

Who would dare to marry—Ayla Alvarez?

My lips pucker out. “1—I am not that bad. I just- -can’t let

any- -any man-

The words feel heavy on my tongue. I can’t let any man touch me. It’s like my fight-or-flight response activates as soon as a man gets close to me. I am either, inclined to hurt them or run away.

I chose to do the latter with Henry. Whenever he got close, I made an excuse and ran away.

But he figured out I was only running from him. And he pressured me more into getting intimate.

It made me sick.

Why am I only realizing it now?

He made me sick when he told me he wanted me in his bed without caring if it was alright with me.

But Dad and Mom shouldn’t have pushed him away. They had no

right.

“So—Someone, just— “Marry me.

Marry me and end this misery. Let me be free for once.

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Ms. Alvarez.”

dressed in black fitted suits

on my hips. “Whi—Which one

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

marry you. “The one in front with blurry jet-black

better view but end

to sit down and shake my head

for you.”

you think you are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice

on my butt, pain shooting throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes. Now, it will hurt for a long

times in 1 year. Mom says she was like

think about taking advantage. You don’t know what Alpha Alexander will do to you people if he gets

her. “One man commands the

my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts

up, Ayla. Tell them you don’t want to go with them.”

her but everything is blurry again. I can’t see anything clearly. People’s faces are zooming in and out as I find myself so

when his hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind

– -Where— “I mumble, getting dragged towards

Ex

Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your proposal.

to him to seal

me that I am not doing

the anger is bigger. The need for a single breath of freedom is profound. The desire to ruin my life runs

up a flight of stairs. Hazel continues to shout in the background, telling me to

why would

I am pushed inside some space. I hear a door click shut,

air inside the red-themed room is cold. And the presence behind me is

wrapping my arms around myself. ” M—Marry—Do you

The touch makes me freeze. The roughness and size of his hands prove that he is

A man.

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Danger.

my arms, reaching for the back of my palms. Electricity runs down