Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

Chapter 0162

She nodded in agreement. "Seems that way. But, like I said, I am out of there now. That was the big thing for me, getting away. I made my escape, got my fresh start. I have already dealt with it all, Asher. So, none of this needs to go any further. You asked me to trust you, so please do not give me a reason not to. I am fine. I will be fine."

So, why did the tears she was fighting within her eyes tell me differently?

“It is tough isn't it?" I say softly, as I pull her against me, surprising myself as I inhale the scent of her, Zion now purring as her increasingly familiar scent fills my senses.

Bailey leans back slightly to be able to meet my gaze, a slight confusion in the way she watches me. “I don't think I understand."

I smiled as I laid a tender kiss upon her head. "Being brave all the time. It gets tough, doesn't it?"

body tense within

meant by my words now. I know she has to have been putting on a brave front for so long, much like me. But, I am so desperate for her to know that with me, she does not have to do that. "Sweetheart, there is no shame

and I can feel my own heart thudding underneath it, so I know she too will feel how fast my

just want you to know

my head gently upon her own. "Not if you don't want to be. And, if you don't want me to say anything to Caleb, then I won't. I would not break

You do not need to battle them alone now. We will

had responded to my words, I found Bailey was asleep contently within my arms.

like that and she missed it. Though, perhaps it was too much... too soon... I don't even know where it all has come

From pain... darkness... to laughter... and