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 marching

my hands on my hips. “Whi—Which

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

one in front

squint my eyes to get a better

and shake my

for you.”

doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice makes

my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes.

1 year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white wolf, like

don’t know what Alpha Alexander will do to you

her. “One man

flushed cheeks and open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts

you don’t want

head and try to find her but everything is blurry again. I can’t see anything clearly.

waist. Instantly, my mind goes on

getting dragged towards an unknown

Ex

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

to him to seal this deal.” The

that I

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

hauled up a flight of stairs. Hazel continues to shout

would I

am pushed inside some space. I hear a

room is cold. And

around myself. ”

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

A man.

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Danger.

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

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