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

hands on my hips. “Whi—Which one

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

Boss wants to marry you. “The one in front with blurry

eyes to get a better

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

is waiting for you.”

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

tailbone. I wince,

I have only ever shifted three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white wolf,

do to you people if he gets to know you tried to take his drunk

her. “One man commands

flushed cheeks and open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just enough

Tell them you don’t want to

my 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

when his hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes on

mumble, getting dragged

Ex

marry you, Ms. Alvarez. Our

seal this deal.” The

tells me that I am

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

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

why would

inside some space.

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

around myself. ” M—Marry—Do you

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

A man.

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Danger.

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