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.”

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

hands on my

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

you. “The one in front

squint my eyes to get a better

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

for you.”

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

throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes. Now, it will

healing is slow because I have only ever shifted three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like this

you people if he gets to know you tried to take

man

blurry vision adjusts just enough to let me

Sober the f**k up, Ayla. Tell them you don’t

again. I can’t see anything clearly. People’s faces are zooming in

hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes

– -Where— “I mumble, getting dragged

Ex

Alvarez. Our Boss

you to him to seal this deal.” The man

tells me that I

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

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

why would I do

inside some space. I hear

inside the red-themed room is cold.

shiver, wrapping my arms around myself.

my arms. The touch makes me freeze. The

A man.

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Danger.

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