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 come

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

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

“The one in front

a better view but end up only hurting

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

waiting for you.”

doing?” Hazel’s

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

1 year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white wolf,

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

man

adjusts just enough to let me

f**k up, Ayla. Tell them you don’t

everything is blurry again. I can’t see anything clearly. People’s

my mind

“I mumble, getting dragged towards an

Ex

wanted someone to marry you, Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss

to seal this deal.”

that I am not doing

of freedom is profound. The desire to ruin my life runs

Hazel continues to shout in the background, telling me to do something or to

why would I do

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

air inside the red-themed room is cold. And

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

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

A man.

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Danger.

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