Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 180

“I am, thanks to you,” Madeline said, placing a steamy kiss on his lips.

Xavier kissed her back, deepening the kiss when he inserted his tongue in her mouth.

‘It’s the second date, don’t go too far,’ she warned herself, knowing it was much too soon to get into any mischief and mayhem, especially since it was only their second date.

Even though she wanted to do more than just kiss Xavier at that moment, it was best she kept her urges to herself. For now, at least.

Just as it was about to turn from a passionate kiss into something else, Madeline and Xavier separated themselves from each other, laying beside each other while looking in the opposite direction.

Madeline opened and closed her mouth, willing herself to stop this. She wasn’t ready, and she could bet that neither was Xavier. It was their second date, it was best if they waited some other time. Perhaps a more suitable time.

Not during a movie date…

Xavier was worried he’d be pushing Madeline’s boundaries, and Madeline’s body since she had just fainted. She was in no shape to… do the devil’s tango, as one would put it. He didn’t want to be a jerk, and he certainly didn’t feel ready.

He had heard it felt good, and that it was a journey.

Well, a journey he had never once taken before. So if he’d ever do it, it would be a first. For him, and Madeline.

Despite being centuries old, Xavier had never once been able to experience sexual pleasure before.

‘I need to stop thinking about this,’ Xavier told himself, racking his brain for any other topic to think about so long as it was something other than it, despite the fact that his brain kept screaming the same word over, and over, and over again.

Honestly, Xavier would have flung himself out of a moving car before he thought anything obscene that had to do with Madeline. He respected her way too much to–

‘You and I know that that’s a lie. The part where you think you can stop yourself from thinking such obscene thoughts about Madeline, pervert,’ a voice in his head told him.

He knew it was right.

‘I should stop being such a pervert,’ he told himself, shaking his head.

“Xavier?” Madeline called.

“Hmm?” He asked, turning to face her.

“This may sound weird, but I feel like I need to talk to Cornelia,” Madeline said.

Xavier knitted his brows together.

“Cornelia?”

He sat up, his eyes fixed at her.

Madeline nodded, “Yeah, I need to talk to her. There’s something I need to discuss with her.”

“You sure?” Xavier questioned, narrowing his eyes as he tapped his finger on her comforter.

“Do you know how to get into contact with her?” Madeline inquired.

A mischievous glint glimmered in Xavier’s eye. He answered, “I don’t think we have to worry about that.”

Madeline furrowed her brows in confusion, “Oh?”

“What do you have in mind?” She asked him, both curious and worried regarding what Xavier had in mind.

“She could have just given us her number or gave us some way to keep in contact with her.”

Xavier’s answer seemingly confused her.

He smiled.

“She didn’t need to. You can easily contact her whenever you just please, you’re her daughter after all. And also because she’s listening.”

“The way you put it, she sounds like some intergalactic, powerful creep,” Madeline said, staring at Xavier.

“She’s eccentric, is all,” Xavier said, adding, “And cruel. She can be very cruel.”

It was what made her an effective supreme sorceress. How she could be ruthless to those who crossed her. That was why many feared her.

Just as many feared Emilio, but he was a different case. And he had decided to turn his life upside down for Madeline. Now, he wasn’t a murderer who wouldn’t hesitate to kill anyone who crossed him.

He was now a loving father who just wanted his daughter to be happy and thrive in life. It was a major change. He wished Cornelia had been there with him throughout his journey.

Cornelia was unforgettable. There was once where he dreamt of Cornelia and their very first date. Another where he dreamt of the day he fell in love with the woman that was now his baby momma, they were all memories he fondly looked back on.

Unfortunately, life moved on. And now he was on horrid terms with Cornelia.

“So, do you want to talk to her now? Or,” Xavier said.

Madeline hesitated, “Do you want to come with me?”

She caught Xavier mumbling something to himself.

He mumbled, ‘I don’t think I have that much of a choice, especially if Miss Sorceress over there wants me to come along with you.’

“What was that?” She questioned.

“It depends, whether or not Cornelia wills it.”

Madeline spoke, “Right. I forget she’s some powerful, omniscient sorceress sometimes.”

Despite the fact that it was a difficult thing to forget – that your mother was a supreme sorceress – Madeline found herself forgetting that fact. She was far too occupied remembering Cornelia as the woman who had abandoned her without reason.

And whilst she still couldn’t forgive Cornelia, she intended to use it to her advantage. Cornelia was her mother, and she was guilty, was she not?

“Do you intend to go like this?” Xavier asked her.

Madeline wondered what that was supposed to mean, before she realised she was dressed in comfortable pyjamas and reeked of caramel popcorn. Scratching her nape, she said to Xavier, “One moment, I need to change into suitable clothing before I meet with… her.”

Xavier nodded, “You and me both.”

“Meet back here? Or some other spot,” Madeline questioned, tilting her head to the side a bit.

He chuckled, ruffling her hair before he got out of bed.

“Meeting each other back here will do.”

Madeline blew him a kiss before she entered the bathroom, and Xavier left her quarters.

As he rushed to his office, he encountered Adrian on the way.

“Why do you smell like a confection? Caramel to be specific,” Adrian questioned. Gasping dramatically, he assumed, “Did you eat with Madeline?”

Xavier nodded, a proud grin on his face, “I did. We just had a movie date, and it was really fun. You should do it with Briar some time.”

Adrian’s ears turned beet-red.

“You like her, don’t you?” Xavier asked as he fetched a suit and matching trousers out of the closet in his office.

Adrian shook his head, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

Xavier smiled dreamily, “I used to say that once. Now look where I am, I just had my second date and I’m about to meet Cornelia again.”

“Meet Cornelia again, why would you meet up with that woman after what she just did? I thought you always thought she was strange. That was what you told me,” Adrian admitted.

“It’s Madeline’s decision, not mine,” Xavier answered.

Adrian seemed even more confused than he was before. Madeline wanted to meet up with Cornelia?

The man reckoned Cornelia was the last person Madeline ever wanted to see. And here she was, willingly meeting up with Cornelia after Cornelia threatened to kill her more-than-just-a-friend?

Yes, he referred to Xavier as Madeline’s more-than-just-a-friend since they hadn’t established what they were to each other. They weren’t dating, they weren’t just friends, it was like some situationship. All they needed to do was make it official, and it was only a matter of time.

“You both are insane,” Adrian said.

“For each other, yes,” Xavier replied, his signature grin plastered across his face.

“Would you quit grinning like a fool?” He asked Xavier, who only shook his head and sighed in response.

“Leave my office, I’m off to visit Cornelia with Madeline,” Xavier said to Adrian.

He had a strict rule, in which no one was allowed in his office when he wasn’t present in Eudora. In the case of an emergency, only Adrian would be allowed, but otherwise, no one was allowed for obvious reasons.

“I’ll be seeing you,” Xavier said.

“You have a pile of work waiting for you when you return,” Adrian said before Xavier vanished, off to Madeline’s quarters.

He sighed, before he went off to Briar’s quarters.

“I owe you a meal,” he said to her.

Briar had a smile on her face, and Adrian felt butterflies in his stomach.

“Then again, Xavier did come to me for help,” Briar admitted. She added, “So, you owe me a meal. Breakfast?”

Adrian thought about his schedule, and if he was free for breakfast. Then he remembered that he could determine his own schedule.

“Yeah, sure. Breakfast,” he grumbled, asking her next, “What do you want?”

Briar asked mockingly, “What do I want for what?”

“For breakfast, since you won the bet and he asked her out on the second date, not the other way around,” Adrian grumbled.

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Author’s Note: So it’s less than a week till the month ends, and we have 36 golden tickets.. The event is still ongoing, and I’ll check the GT count just before the month ends.