Page 146 of Wanted Beta

My Alpha either doesn’t hear me or he’s not where I thought he was.

I push the kitchen door open and step inside.

I can hear Beth leaving. She doesn’t slam the door, but it makes a distinctive sound when it closes. My stomach clenches on hearing it.

Fuck, fuck, fuck!

Enzo isn’t in the kitchen.

I grab my phone out of my pocket, and I give him a call as I navigate my way past the newly placed tables, heading toward the front door as quickly as I can.

Panic is setting in now. I told her, and my Alphas were right.

She wasn’t ready to hear it.

I don’t think I’ve ever messed up this badly in my entire life.

What if she doesn’t come back?

What if …

“Jack?” Enzo answers. “What’s wrong?”

“Where are you?” I ask as I get to the door.

It sounds accusatory, but that’s because I’m in a panic.

“I’m upstairs. Gio and Arrow are with me. You sound …”

“I fucked up. She was asking questions, and I … I told her.”

“Okay. I’m assuming she didn’t react well?”

“She went all cold on me, said she didn’t appreciate being lied to or something like that, and then she said she wanted to walk home alone, and she left!” I open the door and step outside.

I can’t see her, but I know her route home.

I start heading that way. “I’m going to try and catch up to her.”

“Don’t try to speak to her,” Enzo warns me. “If you’re following her, just make sure she gets home safe and then come back here. We’ll figure this out as a pack.”

Usually, Enzo’s good at making me feel better.

Today his calm and considered answer doesn’t do much to help calm my racing heart.

I feel like an asshole. I upset Beth.

I don’t understand her reaction, so I don’t know what the hell to do about it.

Should have asked her what she was thinking, instead of spilling my guts.

“Talk to me, Jack. What’s happening?”

I slow down a little once I see Beth up ahead.

“She’s almost at her apartment building.”

“Okay,” Enzo says. “Let her go inside and then come back to the restaurant. We’re all in the apartment waiting for you. This isn’t on you, Jack. We all knew it was going to come up, and we should have been ready for a bad reaction. We weren’t. That’s not your fault.”

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