Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

Chapter 0181

I honestly think she had begun to suspect something was going on between the two of us. But, Asher seemed reluctant to talk about this with her, and after we had spoken about it, I could understand why. It was a difficult subject to broach. And, I didn't want to be the one that pressured him to do so.

I smiled at Alli. "Not quite. He had come to discuss my sister arriving. She is struggling back at home at the moment. Issues of the heart, unfortunately. So, she needed time away. Beta Asher had come to confirm her arrival with me." I lied, but Alli didn't need to know that, after all, Morgan would be arriving soon enough, so that much was true, and Alli would likely see her with me in pack.

"Aww, I am sorry to hear she is struggling. Young love is never an easy thing to control. Well, love in general, I suppose." and her eyes wander to Asher, and I wonder if she was implying deeper meaning with her words as she continues. "I am sure some time away with her big sister will help. It is kind of you to allow her to come and stay Beta." She nodded at Asher, and he simply smiled.

"You two seem to get along quite well." Alli said after a few moments of silence, and I smiled awkwardly.

"We bump into one another sometimes in the packhouse, so we do chat sometimes." I dismissed her implications with what I hoped would indicate nothing was going on.

Alli nodded, yet her eyes were on Asher, who was looking uninterested out of the window. Evidently he was choosing not to get involved in the conversation today. Maybe my reaction the other day had made him a little more wary...

dates for next week, Bailey?" Alli asked, and I nodded, a notification had been sent out to the pack school app they had set up. Not to mention, I received emails regarding my working hours. The closures were to do

out of the classroom, with a wave

excuses for me

you would rather me do that, than explain why." I smiled, and

offered me his hand, an

to do in the classroom, but I could do them tomorrow morning, because it wasn't like I would be staying in bed to spend time with Asher. So, I took his hand, Akira purring at such a simple action, both

the side door of my classroom, into the sunshine, I felt a sense

hands slipped around my waist the moment we were in the shade of the trees. He moved me gently to lean my back against a tree, before his lips were softy and

warm breath sending goosebumps across my body. "Do you realize

but seeing as we

chuckled, before he nipped lightly at my neck, before continuing to kiss me,