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

on my

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

you. “The one

to get a better view but end up

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

is waiting for

doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice

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

is slow because I have only ever shifted three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like this in

think about taking advantage. You don’t know what Alpha Alexander will do to you people if he gets to know you tried

man commands the

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

Tell them you

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

Instantly, my mind

“I mumble, getting

Ex

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

seal this deal.” The

me that I am not doing

a single breath of freedom is profound. The

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

would I do

side by side as I am pushed inside some space. I hear a

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

arms around myself. ”

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

A man.

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Danger.

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