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

on my hips.

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

marry you. “The one

to get a better view but end

stand straight anymore. I want to sit down and shake my head a few times to grasp my hold

waiting for you.” They

think you are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice makes me flinch and fall

butt, pain shooting throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes. Now, it will hurt for

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

to you people if he gets to know you tried to take his

“One man commands

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

up, Ayla. Tell them you don’t want to go

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

when his hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes on high alert but my

“I mumble, getting dragged towards an

Ex

Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your proposal.

to seal

I am

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

a flight of stairs. Hazel continues to shout

would

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

red-themed room is cold.

around myself. ” M—Marry—Do

cold hands touch my arms. The touch makes me freeze. The roughness

A man.

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Danger.

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