Love consumed her in flames but she emerged untouched
Beauty 101

Beauty 101

Chapter 101 – Bailey My heart was pounding, and my head was swimming with thoughts. Not to mention spinning. Asherhad kissed me… f**k… I had kissed him back… Akira was purring loudly in my mind telling me shewas more than happy with the situation, while my head was battered… I had pulled away from him breathless… terrified. Uncertain. I gently rested my head upon hisforehead, my hands still resting within his soft hair. “Asher?” I whispered breathlessly, feelingincredibly anxious right now. What had we just done? Surely we had overstepped a mark that wecould not undo? One that we shouldn’t have crossed… ‘Didn’t feel wrong though.’ Akira said bluntly. And as much as I hate to admit my wolf is right, she is right. It had shocked me the way he lookedat me as I had gone to give him a kiss upon his cheek to say thank you. His eyes were filled with somany emotions, but the moment his hand was upon me pulling me close to him, I was lost. Lost inhim. And then as his lips found mine, I think I melted… It wasn’t what I had expected him to do or tosay in response to my anger, I know that much! “Hmmm?” Asher murmured in response to me. And I cannot help but hold back a smile. I could seehis chest was rising and falling almost as fast as mine. Did that mean I made him as nervous as hemade me? No. That still probably didn’t make this right… “What are we doing?” I whispered, desperately needing to know 12:00 Chapter 101 – Bailey 1i what had come over him… what had made him kiss me so unexpectedly. That was not like him. Notin the slightest. He didn’t even like me. He saw me as an inconvenience, didn’t he? I raised my gaze to his, and watched as he chewed his lower lip in what I assume was anxiousness.He looked quite vulnerable doing that… almost adorable… He certainly looked deep in thought.Was he regretting his actions now? I couldn’t help but wonder. I honestly did not know what to think,or what to do. It had felt so good. Wrong… but right…

Asher suddenly raised his gaze nervously to meet mine, the way his green eyes were looking at mewas giving me butterflies. “I don’t know. But it felt good.” he whispered back, and I could hear thenerves within his voice. I smiled, looking down shyly, my cheeks flushing at his words. I was not going to argue with that. “Bailey?” Asher said, moving back a little more, but suddenly sounding a little less anxious now, andas I turned to meet his gaze, he was offering me his hand. I slipped my hand into his, and his handtook mine into a tight embrace, softly stroking the top of my hand with his thumb. Such a simplemotion, but one that gave me goosebumps. We began to make our way up the stairs to where ourrooms were. “You know Zion is talking to Akira, right?” Asher suddenly asked me out of the blue. Wait… Zionwas his wolf… Akira was talking with him? How did I not know that? She had not said a word…what a sly little… “Really?” I looked at him. “Hmm, he just said so. I hadn’t realized. Zion seems to get along 2062% 1206 Chapter 101-Bailey and I could feel his heart pounding against my own. “Asher, I am just a teacher here.” I whispered. His handsome features contorted into a frown, before the hand above my head slid down to myface, and softly caressed my cheek. “You are not just a teacher, Bailey.” He uttered. “You are somuch more, especially to me. I just don’t think I had realized it. Or maybe I hadn’t allowed myselfto…” His words shocked me. Though, as he spoke, a phone vibrated within his pocket, and it caused himto jump a little, suddenly he chewed his lower lip anxiously once more. I was still in a mess afterhearing his words. Was there more feeling from him than he had let on? He moved himself away from me suddenly, the moment between us was gone, as he slipped his hand into his trouser pocket. “Your keys and your phone.”He said, nerves so evident within his tone. And as he passed me the phone, the screen lit up. It was

filled with missed calls and messages. From him. Miles. My sister had given him my number, and hewas back in touch. Something was making him angry, and he felt the need to take it out on me, likehe always had. But, what bothered me more, was if these were here now, most of them were therewhen Asher picked up my phone. That meant he may have seen them. I looked up at him, but he was avoiding my gaze, only confirming my worst fears. I needed to deal with this now. Call it damage limitation, I guess. I movedtoward him, taking his face within my hand, to move his gaze to meet mine. “You saw all these?” Iasked, but I ensured he knew I was not angry. How could I be? He had been trying to help me, hewould never have known they were there. And it wasn’t like he could open them 65.171 12:06 Chapter 101-Bailey and read them… He momentarily closed his eyes, inhaling deeply, almost like he was preparing himself for what wasabout to come, but soon his eyes were looking at me, and he nodded. “This is your future. Alpha,isn’t it? Your former fated mate? He bullied you? Treated you so bad?” he asked, his voice so soft,so full of concern. I know I had done all I could to hide this from people, but right now, with how Asher was speaking tome, I felt a need to be honest. He had opened up to me before. Been honest. Did he not deservethe same from me? And as I nodded in acknowledgment to his questions, I felt his arms take me in a tight embrace as he took me into hisarms, pulling me to his chest, making me feel safe…