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.”

and two men, dressed in black fitted suits

sway, planting my hands on my

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

to marry you. “The one

to get a better view but

and shake my head a few times to grasp my hold on

is waiting for you.” They

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

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

Mom says she was like this

You don’t know what Alpha Alexander will do to you people if he gets to know you tried to take his drunk daughter. “Hazel is rambling on and

her. “One man commands the

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

f**k up, Ayla. Tell them you don’t want to go with

drowsy 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 so close

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

“I mumble, getting

Ex

you, Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your

him to seal this deal.”

that I am not doing

the anger is bigger. The need for a single breath of freedom is profound.

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

why would I

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

cold. And the presence behind me

around myself. ” M—Marry—Do

touch my arms. The touch makes me freeze.

A man.

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Danger.

the back of my palms. Electricity