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.”

crowd parts, and two men, dressed in black fitted suits come

my hands on my hips.

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

you. “The one in front

a better view

down and shake my head a few times to grasp my hold on

waiting for you.” They

you think you are doing?” Hazel’s

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

healing is slow because I have only ever shifted three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white wolf,

her alone. Don’t even 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

“One man commands

and open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just enough

f**k up, Ayla. Tell them you

blurry again. I can’t see anything clearly. People’s faces are zooming in and out as I find myself so close to

my waist. Instantly, my

– -Where— “I mumble, getting dragged

Ex

Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your proposal. I

him to seal

me that I am

freedom is profound. The desire to

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

why would

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

the red-themed room is cold. And

arms around myself.

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

A man.

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Danger.

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