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.”

two men, dressed

hands on my

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

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

get a better view but end up only

want to sit down and shake my head a

for you.” They

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

shooting throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes. Now, it will

shifted three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she

Alpha Alexander will do to you people if he gets

“One man

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

them you don’t want

can’t see anything clearly. People’s faces are zooming in and out as I find

when his hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes

mumble, getting dragged towards an

Ex

Ms. Alvarez. Our

him to seal this deal.” The

me that I am not doing

is bigger. The need for a single breath of freedom is

Hazel continues to shout in the background, telling

why would I

pushed inside some space. I hear a door click

room is cold. And the presence behind me

shiver, wrapping my arms around myself.

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

A man.

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Danger.

the back of my palms. Electricity runs down the