Beauty and The Beta (Bailey) novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20 Bailey

After a lovely hour sitting in the beautiful gardens with Luna Eden, enjoying the most delicious of cake and coffee, my Dad had come to find me, and see if I was ready to come home. He seemed excited to hear that Luna Eden was keen to have me come and work for her. So, when he told her she would be hearing from us very soon, I did not have the heart to disagree. Because, yes, they likely would be hearing from me, but it may not be in the way they were expecting.

My Dad had tried talking to me on the way home, wanting to know all the details of the interview, but in all honesty, I had lost all interest in conversation. I felt deflated. My mood low. I had been building up to this moment since the day I began my degree. Excited about the day I would gain a job offer. And now the seemingly impossible had happened, I was likely going to have to turn them down. All because of an over-bearing and controlling Alpha and ex-mate who seemed to think he still had some say in what I did with my life.

As a mate who had rejected me, he didn’t have a say. But as my upcoming Alpha, sadly, he would always have control and that is what he was using against me. Because that meant he could threaten me with a whole host of things, which is what worried me. Miles had changed from the guy he used to be. As his coming of age had approached, his attitude had grown. And since his wolf had arrived, he had become more and more egotistical. Narcissistic and self-centered.

As I hadn’t felt like chatting, my Dad had given up, and we drove the journey in comfortable. silence. I watched the scenery fly past the window of the car, losing my thoughts as we went. Wondering how to approach this whole mess, I found myself in. I know my Dad said he would deal with the Alpha when it came to me leaving for work, but I wasn’t expecting Miles to become so heavily involved. And my Dad had no clue he had been my fated mate. And if he did, I am certain he would not be so willing to allow me to leave the pack so freely then. I had nobody to

turn to.

“Am I okay to drop you outside the packhouse Bailey and you walk home? As I need to go to the office.” Dad asked as we came through the pack gates, the guard signaling to my Dad as he opened the gates.

I guess a walk wasn’t going to do me any harm. A little fresh air may even do me some good. “Yeah sure, that is fine.” I agree with a nod.

“Are you sure everything is okay sweetheart? You have been awfully quiet since we left Autumn Valley. Did the interview not go as well as you wanted?” My Dad asked as we approached the parking area outside the packhouse.

I smiled a sad smile at him. Ever the concerned Dad, thinking he was being so observant, yet he had no clue as to the things I have had to tolerate from my own pack members over the years that him and so many others have missed. “It went fine, Dad. I just need to decide what to do

now.”

“What do you mean, decide what to do? You want a job. They are offering you one. A bit of a no- brainer, Bailey.” He says with a roll of his eyes, like he despaired at how my mind worked sometimes.

“Ir ie uite a dictance away Dad. And we don’t know set what Alnha will eau” I nointed out

“Like I told you, leave your Uncle to me.”

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“It isn’t just him, Miles apparently told Jordan that I shouldn’t be working for another pack. That I belong to this one. So I think he may be reluctant to all

it.” I stretch the truth a little, so I don’t have to admit everything to my Dad.

“Well, King Lazy a*s can get off his high horse, because he ain’t the Alpha yet. And he should see the good in interacting with other packs in this way. Don’t let the jumped-up jerk get to you. I know you probably find that difficult when you are in love with him, but, he is not worth it, Bailey.” Dad said with a shrug.

I looked at my Dad with a frown. I am what now? I don’t f**king think so! “I think you have me confused with someone else there Dad, because I am most definitely not in love with that kn ob. I would rather eat my own eyeballs than be with someone like him.”

Dad chuckled to himself. “I know he is intolerable at times, but that seems a little extreme all the same. We just assumed you were, that is what he has always told us.”