Beauty and The Beta (Bailey) novel Chapter 159

I looked up at Asher, my heart feeling it was going to race right out of my chest, having admitted to him everything that Miles was doing to me, yet, oddly, he didn’t seem angry, he looked concerned. “I wish you had told me this when I asked you that first time, Bailey.” He said softly.

I sighed. When he asked me that first time, I knew he had feared for his pack, but realistically, I didn’t think Miles would do anything to his pack, and considering the way Asher had been acting toward me, I was not really willing to open up to him… “I didn’t really know you.” I admitted, and he sighed, his shoulders sagging, like he was bearing the weight of the world upon them.

“But, you have been suffering alone, beautiful, and that cannot have been easy.” He said, reaching for my hand, softly stroking his thumb over the palm.

“Trust me, I have been coping alone with Miles for a long time, Asher, it is nothing I am not used to.” I said with a shrug.

I see his face tighten into a frown. “Why are your family oblivious to it, Bailey?!” he growls, taking me by surprise. Was that him getting a little protective?

“He is the upcoming Alpha, everyone thinks the sun shines out of his butt. Why would they believe me over him? I was never considered anything special in the pack, Asher. I was the geeky Beta’s daughter. I blended into the background. Always had my head in a book. One to pick on and laugh at. And because the upcoming Alpha liked to pick on me, so did everyone else. Even my own brother and sister. I got used to it.” I explained with a shrug.

“Bailey, that may be something when you are at high school, but as grown-ups?” he questioned, and I could tell from the look upon his face he was far from impressed.

I looked down at my feet, unsure how to explain. I know what he is saying is right, but I had just accepted how things were. I was what my life had become, and I focused on what I had wanted. On my studies. “It just kind of continued.”