Beauty and The Beta (Bailey) novel Chapter 193

Bailey’s sister, Morgan, was looking nervously at Marc, despite the fact she was looking at him somewhere between wanting to eat him, and like he was the best thing since the earth was created. And do not get me started on the huge smile that was spread across Marc's face. He was smiling so hard his face looked like it could split in two… Ah, the joys of the matebond… I couldn’t help but smile though. Marc deserved this. He might be a pain in the ass, but he and I had always got along, and he had always been there for me since Isla died. Despite me being the brother-in-law from hell at times.

I know I taunted him for being a ladies' man, but in truth, he was never all that bad. The ladies liked him, and he loved their attention. He rarely actually hooked up with them, he just enjoyed the attention they gave him. He loved to be adored basically. He was most definitely one of the most eligible bachelors of the pack since he had arrived, so the she-wolves here would be devastated to hear he was now taken. But, looking at the way he had responded to Morgan, I can only say I think he could be a good mate for her. I doubt Bailey had any reason to worry about her sister.

“Bailey, do you mind if I steal your sister away for the day? I think I would like to take my mate out on a date and spoil her?” Marc looked toward Bailey, his eyes lit up like a fucking Christmas tree. I think somebody was excited to have found his fated mate, and who could blame him? There was no better feeling. He would be on a natural high right about now, and he would want to learn all he could about her. Get to know her. Spend time alone with her. Just be with her. And, hopefully, she was feeling the same too. We’ll just pretend the running away from him at the start, and giving him a black eye didn’t happen, and everything else was looking pretty perfect for them right about now…

Bailey smiled at Marc. “Do I assume you are going to be a gentleman?” she said, but I could see from the expression upon her face she was teasing, and I held back a snort of laughter. He had just found his fated mate, he was going to do well to keep his hands to himself I think, so being a gentleman was going to be a stretch…

Morgan glared at her sister, as her cheeks flushed. I think Bailey knew what she was doing. Likely getting her own back for when Morgan was trying to embarrass her when we had met on the stairs, I do believe…

“Yes, I think you can steal me away.” Morgan suddenly spoke up, gripping Marc’s hand within hers, and once more his eyes lit up, this time with sheer excitement, as Morgan pulled him toward the doorway. Marc must have thought his birthdays and Christmas had all come at once right now! “Don’t be waiting up.” Morgan grinned at Bailey as she rushed through the door, sticking her tongue out as she went. Going off how she acted, her and Marc would get along like a house on fire.

The door swung shut behind them, suddenly leaving Bailey and me alone, Bailey staring after her sister in sheer shock. “I can’t believe her!” she exclaimed.

“Aww, she is happy, though.” I reminded her. And right now, all I can think is that Marc was even more a truly amazing brother-in-law of mine than I had ever realized, for finally finding me a way to be alone in my office with Bailey! I had been thinking of her and considering ways to get her alone, while her sister was here, and had been coming up with a blank, yet here we were…

“She did look happy didn’t she?” Bailey questioned, and I quickly moved toward her, slipping my hand around her waist, pulling her close to me, desperate to distract her. Her beautiful big brown eyes looked up at me in shock.

“Oh! Hello.” She whispered as I moved my face a little closer to hers. She was suddenly smiling, her eyes twinkling…