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

hands on my hips. “Whi—Which one

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

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

squint my eyes to get a better view but

stand straight anymore. I want to sit down and shake my head

waiting for

are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice makes me

my tailbone. I wince,

have only ever shifted three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got

do to you

“One man commands

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

Tell them you don’t want to go

my drowsy head and try to find her but everything is blurry again. I can’t see

his hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes

– -Where— “I mumble, getting dragged towards an unknown

Ex

Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your proposal. I

to seal this

me that I

the anger is bigger. The need for a single breath of freedom

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

why would I do

I am pushed inside some space. I hear a door click shut, and try to

red-themed room is cold. And the presence

shiver, wrapping my arms around myself.

makes me freeze. The roughness

A man.

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Danger.

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