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

hands on my hips. “Whi—Which one of

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

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

eyes to get a better view but end up

sit down and shake my head

is waiting for you.”

are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice

shooting throughout my tailbone. I wince, closing my eyes.

is slow because 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, like mine and

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

her. “One man commands

cheeks and open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just enough to let me see the man who is

them you don’t want to go with them.”

try to find her but everything is blurry again. I can’t see

hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes on high alert but my limbs

mumble, getting dragged towards

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

you to him to seal this

me that I am

for a single breath of freedom is profound.

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

would

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

red-themed room is cold. And the

my arms around myself. ” M—Marry—Do you want

me freeze. The roughness and size of his hands prove

A man.

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Danger.

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