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.”

blurry crowd parts, and two men, dressed

my hands on my hips. “Whi—Which

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

Boss wants to marry you. “The one in front with

squint my eyes to get a better view

can’t stand straight anymore. I want to sit down and shake my head a few times

waiting for you.”

Hazel’s screechy voice

on my butt, pain shooting throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes. Now, it

Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white

You don’t know what Alpha Alexander will do to you people if

man commands

and open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just

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

shake my drowsy head and try to find 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

my mind goes on high alert but my

-Where— “I mumble, getting dragged

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marry you, Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has

to him to seal this deal.” The man

I am

is bigger. The need for a single breath of freedom is profound. The desire to ruin

Hazel continues to shout in

why would I do

pushed inside some space. I hear a door click

red-themed room is cold. And

wrapping my arms around myself.

arms. The touch makes me freeze. The roughness and size of

A man.

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Danger.

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