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.”

men, dressed in black fitted suits come marching towards

my hands on my hips. “Whi—Which one of

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

to marry you. “The one in

get a better view but

sit down and shake my head a few times to

waiting for you.”

you are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice

pain shooting throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing

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

You don’t know what Alpha Alexander will do to you

“One man

My blurry vision adjusts just enough to let me

up, Ayla. Tell them you don’t want

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

his hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes on

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

Ex

Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted

you to him to seal this deal.” The man

tells me that I am not

a single breath of freedom is profound.

of stairs. Hazel continues to shout in

why would

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

inside the red-themed room is cold.

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

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

A man.

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Danger.

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