Beauty and The Beta (Bailey) novel Chapter 131

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 bloody 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 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 betrayal to Isla when everyone kept trying to imply there were feelings there. I don’t know her well enough for there to be feelings there. I know that much.

But, something I do know, for the sake of my own sanity, and likely that of my wolf too, it would be better for the two of us to stay apart. She had been through enough, it seemed, and she did not need any additional complications of rumors being started by the likes of things being implied by others. Nor did she need me upsetting her with my temper…