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.”

parts, and two men, dressed in black fitted suits

my hands on

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

marry you. “The one in

better view but end up only

stand straight anymore. I want to sit down and shake my head a few times to grasp my hold on

waiting for

do you think you are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice makes me flinch and

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

three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white wolf, like mine

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

man

my flushed cheeks and open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just enough to

them you don’t want to go with

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

Instantly, my

“I mumble, getting dragged

Ex

wanted someone to marry you, Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has

you to him to seal this deal.”

that I am not

for a single breath of freedom

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

why would I do

by side as I am pushed inside some space. I hear a door

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

around myself.

makes me freeze. The

A man.

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Danger.

for the back of my palms. Electricity runs down the path of his fingers, shutting my