Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

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A sudden thought filled me with fear. She had said numerous times he had rejected her, but the thought had never even occurred to me that she had accepted his rejection and rejected him too... if she hadn't, then they would still have been bonded in some way. Was that the draw he still felt towards her? Because something seemed to bring him back to her. Something made him want to continue to keep reaching out to her. Or was that purely a lust for causing her pain? "Wait, he is a former mate, isn't he? You did accept his rejection, didn't you?" I could not help but narrow my eyes nor hide the fear that flooded through me. I didn't care anymore if she could read the feelings I was experiencing. She needed to know. I don't know why, but she did.

I noticed her roll her eyes at me in that ever so sarcastic way she so often has, that initially had driven me crazy, but now I had to say I had grown to love. "Oh no, I was hopeful that he may unexpectedly fall madly in love with me Asher, as you likely saw from the snippets of the messages you saw, or here" I find her phone quickly being flung in my direction, after she messed with it, causing me to quickly react in order to catch it. "There are more for you to see just how charming he is. He is such a catch, and I think he is just playing hard to get. A man any woman would be lucky to have."

Her words are irrelevant right now, in this moment, as my eyes fall upon message, upon message from him. These were not from the number earlier. This specifically stated Miles as the name. I moved across the room to her. I had avoided joining her on her bed when we first entered her room, feeling it might be a little presumptuous. A little inappropriate. But, I needed to hold her right now. Needed to be there for her. Zion too. He was rippling beneath the surface, desperate to be near her.

His behavior regarding her was becoming stranger, but I had stopped trying to analyze it. I knew she wasn't my mate, not a second chance mate, as there were none of those signs there, but my wolf, without a doubt, felt a draw towards the girl... and in truth, I think I may too...

"Sweetheart, these are horrendous." I whispered, sitting awkwardly alongside her on her bed.

"I don't want your sympathy, Asher. I know what they are." She shrugged, like it was nothing.

Zion was whimpering now, both of us unsure how to respond to this reaction from her. I could sense a confusion from my wolf. An unease. He didn't know how to respond to this situation, and I wondered if he could feel something from her wolf that I was unable to sense. Because they were seemingly communicating. But Zion was quiet, other than the whimpering, not sharing a thing with me. Leaving me to deal with all of this, absolutely clueless.

"Why show me then?" I questioned, and her gaze darkened as she glared at me. Okay, that was the wrong thing to ask.

"I don't know, saved them from my

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last phone in case I needed them as proof. I was being sarcastic. You irritated me, asking me that. So, guess it was to shock you." She shrugged, but this time I noticed tears within her eyes.

I awkwardly went to put my arm around her. this felt so much more intimate considering I was sitting upon her bed... "Well it worked, if that is any

y thinking, and she looked at me in shock, and I realized how stupid I was for saying that out loud.

elp." I muttered, withoutat

"Sorry." I muttered, and she chuckled.

"What for?" she shrugged. "For being you?"This content is © NôvelDrama.Org.

I smiled. "There is a lot to be sorry for if I am apologizing for that."

"Don't be silly." She softly pushed me. "And don't worry, I have dealt with all this already, Asher. Why do you think I was so desperate to get away from my pack? Start a new life for myself?"

That did make sense, I guess, and it

did explain the urgency to move here. Like she had briefly mentioned when I had pushed her for

information upon her arrival. "It-

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makes sense. But, he doesn't want to let you go. He rejected you, to end

the bond, but still sees you to

as his." I explained how I was seeing the messages.