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.”

and two men, dressed in

my hands on my hips. “Whi—Which one of

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

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

to get a better view but end up only hurting

to sit down and shake my head

is waiting for

you are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice

on my butt, pain shooting throughout my tailbone. I wince,

was like this in the start, but she

what Alpha Alexander will do to you

man commands

My blurry vision adjusts just enough to let me

the f**k up, Ayla. Tell them you don’t want to go

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 close to

Instantly, my mind goes on high alert but my limbs are

– -Where— “I mumble, getting dragged towards an unknown

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

him to seal this deal.” The man

me that I am

for a single breath of freedom is profound. The desire to ruin my life runs deep in my

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

why would

by side as I am pushed inside some space. I hear a door click shut, and try

room is cold. And the presence behind me is

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

me freeze.

A man.

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Danger.

runs his hands down my arms, reaching for the back of