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 in black fitted suits come marching towards

sway, planting my hands on my

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

marry you. “The one

to get a better view but end

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

is waiting for you.” They

do you think you are doing?” Hazel’s screechy

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

is 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 and it became fine

what Alpha Alexander will do to you people if he gets to know you tried to take his drunk daughter. “Hazel is rambling

man commands the

and open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just enough to let me see the man who is

Tell them you don’t want

is blurry again. I can’t see anything clearly. People’s faces are zooming in

hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes on high alert but my limbs are

getting

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wanted someone to marry you, Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your proposal. I

to seal this deal.” The man

tells me that I am

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

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

would I

I am pushed inside some space. I hear a door click

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

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

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

A man.

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Danger.

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