Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

Chapter 0167

I rushed out of the house, already running late for my hair appointment. I dashed down the steps of the porch when I heard a car door slam shut at the house next door and instinctively, my eyes flicked to their driveway, only to see the familiar black jeep of Miles. My heart dropped. He had avoided me since that night by the lake. Never giving me an explanation as to why he had done what he did. Other than a one-lined message.

Sorry. But, you were never meant for me. We know that. I am going on tour to find a chosen mate. Time for us to move on.

My heart had felt like it had broken at the sight of the message. I had clung to the hope he would come around to the idea of being with me. Wondering if what he had said in his message was just words to hurt me. It was a tactic Miles often used. He seemed to gain pleasure in seeing others suffer; and he had a vicious tongue at times. I knew he was far from a decent guy, yet I missed him terribly. The times I read and re-read his message was crazy. It didn't make sense to me. He was an Alpha. He would never have to take a chosen mate. He would be the one making the

rules.

But, then when, I had then heard of the plans being made by the Alpha, my Dad and my brother too, of a tour for Miles to go around the packs of the country to meet potential mates, I realized what he had said had been the truth. He had decided, or been told, he should find a chosen mate before coming Alpha, and he would be returning home with a prospective new mate. I had been well and truly been discarded.

I was never going to be with him, and I felt my world crumbling around me. I had felt so alive when he had begun to show me attention. Yes, he was older than me, but from being a teenager, I had thought he was truly amazing. A real heartthrob. Like so many young she-wolves... well, probably not just the young she-wolves, if rumors were anything to go by... Miles liked the ladies, and the ladies liked him.

believed he must want me. Must be interested in me. However, now with how he has treated me, I

Dad that it was not what he wanted. I was shocked. Everyone knew that Miles did not like being told what to do, but for him to stand up to his Dad in such a way was crazy. But, it was typical Miles. He was getting tired of being kept waiting

me. All until now. His eyes zoned in on me,

and a little white cropped top, a lot of my body was on display, exactly the way

Morgan dressing like that?” he sneered, leaning against his car, and I turned to look

is that meant to

The sun was shining and the weather

what it sounded like." he chuckled. "Dressing like a hooker, you may as well be wandering around the pack

my heart, but I did all I could to act like they had not bothered me. "I will dress how I

was