Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

Beauty 87

Chapter 87 – Asher I am forced to sit in the hospital room with Eden and Bailey when all I want to do is be alone. I had planned to call in to see how Eden was doing and if there had been any update as to when they planned to induce her labor, and thought I might try to cheer her up with a little fruit hamper made by one of my mother’s friends. Needless to say, with the delightful mood Eden was in at present, that had gone down the same way a gift of an atomic bomb would have done. But, still, Caleb would have some tasty snacks when he had to sit and listen to her complaining when he was spending time with her. I am usually happy to sit and spend a little time with her, chatting, giving Caleb a little chance to go home and take a shower, visit Matty or do some work. I know he hated Eden being on her own and, other than returning home to sleep, he ensured that she had someone with her all the time at the hospital, so she wasn’t lonely. In truth, Eden would likely appreciate the peace… But, the moment Caleb walked back into the hospital room with Bailey in tow, I wanted to escape. All my thoughts have been of that bl**dy girl of late. Messed up thoughts too. Worried sick about her. Trying to uncover who that had been at the end of the phone the other night… I mean, I had my suspicions, but they had been exactly that, suspicions, and without Bailey willing to talk to me, I couldn’t confirm them. But, it had truly got inside my head the way he had been with her. The way it had affected her. Hurt her. Nobody should be talking to her like that. I couldn’t understand why he had felt he 0.00% 11.57 M Chapter 17 Ashm was okay to speak to her like that… and what bothered me greatly was what sort of threat he posed to Bailey now she was in our pack… And then came the even more punishing questions that I struggled even harder to answer, as to why my wolf had reacted the way he had to her. Why he had felt such an urge to protect her. Yet, I couldn’t lie, I had felt the same urge. And a pain when she had pushed me away. A sense of

implied by others. Nor did she need me upsetting her with my temper… So, I sat in almost silence while Bailey chatted enthusiastically with Eden. Her face lit up as she smiled at her. Her eyes almost sparkled, as her delicate features changed as she smiled. I couldn’t help but notice how well the two of them got along. Maybe that was one of the reasons Eden had clung to the idea of Bailey coming to our pack. She saw a potential friend in her. She had lost her friend, Kasia, late last year during childbirth, and she had struggled every day with it since. She didn’t have many other female friends. And, I knew that she was often lonely, that was why she clung so desperately to Caleb. Maybe when she realized she got along so well with Bailey, she thought there was a potential for a new friend. Someone to connect with. A friendship. Something she had been missing. 19.03% Chapter 1 Because, in that regard, it would likely do Eden good. I raised my gaze momentarily at the sound of the two of them laughing. “Well, I bought chocolate.” Bailey said, wiggling her eyebrows. toward Eden, with a big smile, offering her a bag. “And magazines.” “See, this girl knows what gifts are. Not fruit.” She winked at Bailey, before sticking her tongue out at me. I rolled my eyes at her. “Once again, you are welcome, Eden.” “Did I ever

people limited. Do not expect conversation. If you want help, bring chocolate to bribe.” Bailey was looking down. I could see her biting her lip. I don’t know if she was trying not to smile, or she was feeling uncomfortable. But this sort of teasing was usual for Eden and I. It was nothing I wasn’t used to, and it truly didn’t bother me. “Sounds like a perfect man.” I smiled sarcastically at her. “But if I am so unappealing, am I excused to leave now?” “Jeez, anyone would think I held you here at gunpoint, Ash. Just go if being here with me is so bad.” Eden dismissed me with a flick of her hand. “Do me a favor though. Ask Caleb to bring me my hospital bag later. They are probably going to try inducing labor tomorrow.” I sighed. I couldn’t really be angry with her, I knew she was worried about it all, and who wouldn’t be? She had to push a little pup out of her any day now. That had to be scary. Let alone. having to do that with Caleb by her side trying hard to encourage her, which would likely be more an annoyance than an encouragement. “No worries. Anything else you need, sweetheart?” I asked. “A way to fast-forward time, so baby could be here, and I didn’t have to go through labor?” she said with a smile. “I wish I could do that for you Eden, I truly do, but despite