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.”

dressed in black fitted suits

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

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

you. “The one in front

eyes to get a better view but

down and shake my head a

for you.”

Hazel’s screechy voice makes me flinch and

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

says she was like this

think about taking 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. “Hazel is rambling

“One man commands

open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just enough to

Ayla. Tell them you don’t want

shake my drowsy head and try to find her but everything is blurry again. I can’t see anything clearly. People’s faces are zooming in and out as I find myself so

my waist. Instantly, my mind goes on high

mumble, getting dragged

Ex

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

to him to seal this deal.”

tells me that I

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

a flight of stairs. Hazel continues to shout in the

would

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

room is cold. And the presence behind me is

my arms around myself. ” M—Marry—Do

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

A man.

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Danger.

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