Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 179

“Thanks, dad,” Madeline said to Emilio.

Emilio scratched the back of his neck, “No problem, Madeline.”

He paused, realising it was best if he left now.

“Do you have to go?” Madeline questioned.

“I think it’s best if I do,” Emilio said, looking miserable.

Madeline looked discouraged, but she replaced her frown with a smile, “I’ll see you later.”

“Of course,” Emilio said, before he rushed out the door, back to his room like Xavier ordered.

When he was leaving, he happened to run into Xavier, who was holding a bag filled with snacks and something else.

“Is that for her?” He questioned.

Xavier nodded, “It is.”

Emilio smiled, a look of understanding now on his face as he said to Xavier, “Good luck. I’ll be on my way to my room now so don’t you worry.”

Xavier nodded, watching as Emilio disappeared from sight, returning to whence he came before he knocked on Madeline’s door – which was unlocked.

“Can I come in?”

“Yeah,” Madeline answered.

Xavier opened the door, bag in hand.

“What’s that?” Madeline inquired, cocking her head questioningly as she pointed towards the big bag Xavier held in his other hand.

“You’re going to have to find out,” Xavier said, in a cheerful mood.

“You’re more cheery than usual,” Madeline said, eyeing him. Did his happiness have something to do with what was in the bag?

She supposed so.

Xavier looked at her, his eyes sparkling.

He began, quite nervous, “Would you want to go on a second date with me?”

“You know I was going to ask you, and now you’re the one asking me. Again,” Madeline said.

“Is that a no I hear?”

When Madeline looked away from him, he sat down on her bed.

Madeline felt the bed dip. Hence why she turned to look at him once more.

“I never… said… no,” Madeline pointed out, eyeing the bag.

She exhaled, “If I say yes, will you tell me what’s in the bag?”

“Not if you say yes only because you want to know what’s in the bag,” Xavier answered.

“I would never say yes only because I desperately want to know what’s in the bag. I like you, of course I’d go on a second date with you.”

She patted the free space beside her on her bed, “What do you have in mind?”

Xavier grinned sheepishly at her, pulling out a laptop.

Madeline gasped, “The second date is a movie date?”

“It would have been something different if not for your current situation,” Xavier admitted, adding, “But we have to work with what we have. Besides, any date with you is perfect.”

“Why you–”

She sniffed.

“Is that popcorn I smell?”

“Mhm. Caramel flavoured, just the way you like it.”

Madeline squealed with excitement. Popcorn!

There was nothing like food to lighten up a situation like this. Especially after she fainted. A movie date with popcorn. And Xavier, of course. A movie date with popcorn and Xavier was more than just perfect.

“You remembered,” she said.

“Of course I did.”

“Any movies you want to watch in particular?” Xavier asked, laying down beside her before he opened the laptop, thankful that Briar had taught him everything she knew about laptops.

Well, not exactly everything she knew but everything she possibly could teach him within a short span of time right before the movie date with Madeline.

Her eyes lit up as they scrolled through the options available for movies to watch. Xavier couldn’t help but chuckle when he saw the ecstatic look across her beautiful face.

“What about a funny movie?” He asked, adding, “We can laugh all we want about it, it’d be fun.”

Madeline nodded in agreement, “Funny movie it is then.”

She played a funny movie, and Xavier dimmed the lights to set the right mood and atmosphere for the movie they put on.

“It’s starting,” Madeline said excitedly.

It was her very first movie date, it was still difficult to process how she went from her first date not too long ago to her second with Xavier. Together. In her quarters.

“I know, darling,” Xavier said to her, intertwining his hand with hers.

Her cheeks were tinted with a rosy shade, and she felt butterflies flutter in her stomach.

That man was still capable of giving her butterflies whenever he did even the slightest of gestures. She just couldn’t believe it.

She had a soulmate who loved her, and she loved him too. Sure, they had gotten into a complication, but they had come out of it as strong as ever.

“Don’t you dare keep anything else from me again, Xavier,” she said whilst engrossed in the movie.

“I promise I won’t, pup,” Xavier said to her, making her a promise he fully intended to keep.

Madeline stifled a laugh. She had missed watching movies with someone.

It felt like ages when she last had a girl’s night. So being able to watch a movie with Xavier felt like a blessing. Madeline was practically on cloud nine with everything that was happening.

The movie turned out to be a romantic-comedy.

Mid-movie, Xavier’s eyes began glowing red, before it returned to its usual colour. Xavier felt something strange. What was happening to him?

He shook his head, telling him not to pay it any mind.

‘It was a one time thing. It won’t happen again, it’s probably just nothing,’ Xavier told himself, dismissing it.

It was like he had lost grasp of his powers, nearly turning into his werewolf form right then and there, in Madeline’s quarters, during their movie date.

Madeline looked up at him worried, “You alright? You’ve been spacing out a bit.”

The movie credits were playing, and Madeline was just about to ask him if he wanted to watch another movie before she noticed him all spaced out and nervous.

“Yeah, I just felt something. I don’t think it’s anything,” Xavier admitted.

Madeline eyed him, suspicion painted across her face, “If you say so, dear.”

He squeezed her hand lightly, figuring it was better if he just changed the subject.

“Are you feeling better by the way?”