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.”

men, dressed in black fitted suits

hands on my hips. “Whi—Which

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

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

to get a better view but end up

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

is waiting for you.”

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

throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes. Now, it will hurt for a

slow because I have only ever shifted three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white wolf, like mine

her alone. Don’t even think about taking advantage. You don’t know what Alpha Alexander will do to you

“One man commands the

vision adjusts just enough to let me see the man who

f**k up, Ayla. Tell them you don’t

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

end when his hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes on high alert

mumble, getting dragged towards an

Ex

you, Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your proposal.

you to him to seal

that I am

freedom

stairs. Hazel continues to shout in the background, telling me to do

would

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

is cold. And

around myself. ”

arms. The touch makes me freeze. The

A man.

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Danger.

for the back of my palms.