Beauty
50

Chapter 50 Bailey

Well, I had my detailed tour of the new school I would be working at, and who knew a four could be quite so detailed… it seems Beta Asher is a s**k**r for the finer details. maybe a little OCD lingering under that mean and moody exterior… but, still, I now knew every inch of the school, in great detail, and I loved it! Now the two of us were walking through the packlands, while the happy one did his best at showing me around.

Bless him, it was so obvious to me that he was not comfortable in the company of others, or maybe it was just in the company of me… but he looked so uneasy I felt bad for him.

Do you want me to go back to my room?” I asked, looking up at him with a polite smile.

“What? Why would I want to go to your room?” he almost choked on hs words, and I had to try to stop myself laughing at him. Is that what he actually thought I was suggesting?

What in all holy hell does he think we are proposing? Akira almost squealed within my mind. sounding truly horrified, and to be honest I found it more amusing that he had misheard me Though, I was a little insulted at how disgusted he looked. I wasn’t that bad…

“Woah there sailor, I think you need to get your hearing tested! I most definitely was not inviting you back to my room. Oh, hell no!” I grinned at him, and saw his checks flushing with color at my words. “I simply said would you rather me go back to my room. As in alone. You know, meaning without you.

He ran his hand through his hair uncomfortably, and sighed. “Okay, don’t make it worse than it was.

Haha. Worse for him, he means, I quite like him looking uncomfortable. Make it worse. Say more! Make it worse!’ Akira urges, and once again I am trying hard not to smile.

I bit my lip to prevent myself from saying anything, and looked ahead as we continued walking. I feel Beta Asher’s eyes upon me, and I try so hard not to look at him, because I know the moment I do I will laugh, and with Akira’s input I don’t think I would be able to stop…

“You’re trying not to laugh, aren’t you?” he said, with a little huff to his tone.

“No…. what gave you that idea?” I struggled to speak.

“I can just tell. Not to mention the fact you are nearly eating your lip.” He says, and again his eyes are. still upon me, though I sense a little humor in his tone this time, and I slowly move my gaze to his, and I note a small smile upon his lips.

“It was kind of funny.” I whispered.

“No, it was embarrassing, Miss West. He says just as quietly.

“Will you please just call me Bailey?” I asked him, with a roll of my eyes. “I am not your teacher, you know. And it doesn’t need to be embarrassing, just laugh it off. You know how to laugh, right?”

He suddenly stopped walking and gave me a sharp and dirty look, his eyebrows raised at me, like he did not quite believe I had asked him that.

“S**t. You pi**d him off. Take it back. Take it back Akira urges me. Though I don’t think he knows

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hapter 50 Bailey

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what laughing is, she adds with a giggle.

“Seriously?” he asked. “Of course I know how to laugh. I just don’t replace you funny,”

“Oooh roasted!” Akira was giggling again.

“Well, excuse me. I do apologize for not being funny enough for you, Mr Cheerful.” I said with a smirk, and he shook his head at me as he began to walk again.

Keep up, Miss West, I still have the rest of the pack to show to you.” he said to me, with a glance back at me. his big green eyes looking straight at me.

‘You don’t want me to go back to my room?” I asked, surprised, as he had said he had work to do. Yet he was taking his time showing me around what seemed like every inch of the pack.

“I believe I said I would do your induction, and I plan to do it properly.” He said to me with a smile. “And it has not been as bad as I thought.”

I chuckled. “Aww, was that an attempt at a compliment there, Beta Asher?”

I would not go that far, Miss West. I simply said doing the induction was not as bad as I thought. I do not usually do them. But, as I said earlier, I do have work to do, so speed up.” He said to me with a nod “Because the pace you walk, I will still be doing this at Christinas.”

Wow. What a guy. Gone from what I thought was a compliment to insulting me. Truly remarkable.

D**k…

“Oh, because I hurt your feelings, you are going to be mean to me now?” I said sarcastically. “Bad news for you is, I am used to people doing that, so it won’t work.”

He looked at me with a frown. “What does that mean?’

Oh… maybe I shouldn’t have said that. His tone did not sound impressed. I didn’t expect him to pay attention to what I had said, or at least not ask questions. Hmm, what do I do now?

“Oh, nothing major.” I did my best to dismiss it, not wanting to be explaining to the man with no heart nor a sense of humor the stuff I dealt with growing up. He would likely think that was normal.

“No, I want to know what you meant.” He says, and this time his voice sounds irritated. “Is that why you had to come here so quickly?”

“What?” My heart was beginning to pound now. Where did that question come from? How was that even related to this conversation?! And, why did he need to know about my sudden need to come here quickly?

“I found it quite odd that you had to come here so suddenly, usually processing a new job could take a few days to a few weeks, depending on the papers. Usually closer to weeks. Yet with you, we needed to have a space ready the next day, And for some reason nobody could give me an answer as to why. So, perhaps, now you have said that, you will explain why” Beta Asher is watching me again, but now I feel myself feeling suddenly anxious. Was there a way to get out of this one? Because I truly do not feel comfortable telling this moody monster of a man anything