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.”

the blurry crowd parts, and two men, dressed in

my hands on my hips. “Whi—Which one of

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

wants to marry you. “The one in front with blurry

I squint my eyes to get a better view but end up

sit down and shake

is waiting for

are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice makes me

pain shooting throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes.

year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white wolf, like mine and it became

will do to you people if he gets to know

“One man

pat my flushed cheeks and open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just enough to let me see the

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

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

Instantly, my mind goes on high alert but

-Where— “I mumble, getting dragged

Ex

Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss

to him to seal this deal.” The

I am

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

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

why would I

side by side as I am pushed inside some space. I hear a door click shut,

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

arms around myself. ”

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

A man.

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Danger.

back of my palms. Electricity runs down