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

hands on my hips.

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

Boss wants to marry you. “The one in front

squint my eyes to get a better view but

straight anymore. I want to sit down and shake my

waiting for you.”

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

my tailbone. I wince, closing my

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

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

her. “One man commands

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

Ayla. Tell them you don’t want to go with them.” Hazel

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

his hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes

mumble, getting dragged towards an

Ex

Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted

to him to seal this deal.”

that I am

The need for a single breath of freedom is profound. The desire to ruin my life runs deep in my

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

why would

I am pushed inside some space. I hear a

the red-themed room is cold. And the presence behind me is

shiver, wrapping my arms around myself. ”

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

A man.

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Danger.

down my arms, reaching for the back of