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

sway, planting my hands on my hips. “Whi—Which one

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

one in front with

I squint my eyes to get a better view but

down and shake my head a few times to grasp my hold

waiting for you.”

think you are doing?” Hazel’s

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

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

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

her. “One man commands the

vision adjusts just enough to let me see the

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

can’t see anything clearly.

waist. Instantly, my mind

mumble, getting dragged towards an unknown

Ex

Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your

him to seal this deal.” The

me that I am not doing

bigger. The need for a single breath of freedom is

hauled up a flight of stairs. Hazel continues to shout in the background,

why would

am pushed inside some space. I hear a

the red-themed room is cold. And the presence behind me is

wrapping my arms around myself. ”

The touch makes me freeze. The roughness and size of his hands prove that he

A man.

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Danger.

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