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.”

crowd parts, and two men, dressed in black fitted suits come marching towards

on my hips. “Whi—Which one

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

“The one in front with blurry jet-black

squint my eyes to get a better view but

and shake

waiting for

Hazel’s screechy

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

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

advantage. You don’t know what Alpha Alexander will do to you people if he gets to know

“One man commands the

and open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just enough to

Tell them you don’t

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

waist. Instantly, my

-Where— “I mumble, getting

Ex

to marry you, Ms. Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your proposal.

to seal this deal.” The

me that I

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

of stairs. Hazel continues to shout in the background, telling me to do something or to

would

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

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

arms around

cold hands touch my arms. The touch makes me freeze. The roughness and

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