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 in

hands on my hips. “Whi—Which one of

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

Boss wants to marry you. “The one

to get a better view but end

sit down and shake my head a few times

is waiting for you.” They

are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice makes me

land on my butt, pain shooting throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes. Now, it will

ever shifted three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like

Alpha Alexander will do to you people if he gets to know you

“One man

adjusts just enough

Tell them you don’t want to go with

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

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

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

Ex

Our Boss has accepted your proposal. I am

seal

tells me that I am not doing

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

up a flight of stairs. Hazel continues to shout in the background,

why would I

I am pushed inside some space. I hear a door

the red-themed room is cold. And the

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

me freeze. The roughness and size of his

A man.

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Danger.

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