Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 184

“Want to try one? I tried my best at making them, I hope they taste good enough to your liking.”

Briar glanced at the tacos excitedly, “Are you kidding? Of course I’ll try one.”

Adrian held up a taco, watching Briar take a bite out of it.

She took the taco away from him, “I’ll be taking that, it’s delicious.”

“Really?”

Taking another bite, Briar said to him, her mouth half-full with food, “Yes, really. Now go eat.”

“Shouldn’t we move somewhere else before we dig into breakfast?”

Once Briar finished the taco, she said to him, “Right, it’s probably best if we move someplace else. Wouldn’t want to hog the kitchen.”

After a quick cleanup of the kitchen, Briar and Adrian brought their breakfast to Adrian’s office.

“You sure we should eat in your office? We could always bring this to my place if you want,” Briar offered.

“Oh it’s fine, what Xavier doesn’t know won’t hurt him. He’s probably still with Madeline right now, they went to see Cornelia before.”

Briar’s eyes widened and she instantly placed her beer glass down.

“They did WHAT?!”

“Sorry, I forgot to mention it earlier,” Adrian said, scratching his nape, figuring that he should have told Briar earlier.

“Why would they see Cornelia again? Madeline seemed like she hated her last time I saw her,” Briar pointed out.

“And she probably does. Who knows, maybe they had a question to ask Cornelia,” Adrian reasoned, patting her on the shoulder.

Briar shuddered, “Ugh, I hope Madeline’s alright. She’s refusing to talk much about it to me, and I get why. I suppose I’m just worried for her since this usually happens during these types of situations. Madeline keeps quiet, doesn’t say a word, bottles up her emotions and then boom! It all comes spilling out at the worst moment.”

Adrian reassured her, “Maybe she’s talking about it with Xavier, love changes people. Or she’s sorting things out with Cornelia as we speak and expressing her feelings that way, I don’t know.”

He wondered what more to say to Briar since he wasn’t the best at consoling people. His ex-lover was really open. Heck, most of the time it was pretty easy to know what she was feeling and why she was feeling it. It was something he admired about her since she had always kept her heart on her sleeve. And Briar was no different. Both ladies wore their hearts on their sleeves and were open.

Although, they were quite different. She was shy, Briar wasn’t.

He said soothingly, “You could check up on her after this, she’s probably with Xavier right now but it wouldn’t hurt.”

“Right, I should go do that after breakfast,” Briar said, making a mental note to go and do that once she and Adrian finished their tacos and beer. Holding up her beer bottle, she said to him, “Cheers.”

He and her clinked glasses. Adrian then tried changing the subject since Briar didn’t seem so happy discussing it.

“Got your eye on anyone currently?”

Briar stared at him, thinking of her answer carefully. Did she have her eye on anyone currently?

“Yeah, you,” she answered.

Adrian nearly spat the beer he was drinking. He wiped his mouth, “Excuse me?”

“Sorry, delivery problem. Yeah, you?”

He exhaled, his heart pounding loudly in his chest. Briar had given him a scare with her answer for a second. Not that he didn’t like her and had feelings for her. He did, he definitely did. There was no doubt he had feelings for Briar, but he didn’t think she felt the same way towards him.

Adrian felt a pang of pain in his chest when she said there was someone that had caught her attention. Someone that had managed to catch her eye. Now who was worthy of Briar’s attention? Who was the person that was capable of it?

“Hmm, maybe I do, maybe I don’t,” he replied, waggling his eyebrows at her.

Briar threw her head back and laughed, telling him, “Well, I’m certain whoever this person is, if you are interested in someone or this person simply caught your eye, they’re lucky.”

Adrian couldn’t help but stare at her, wondering how she couldn’t see it when he was just as blind as she was, if not more blind.

They were both fools. Ignorant fools that were both as blind as each other. They couldn’t see the one thing they wanted to see, and they made assumptions just because they didn’t hear the truth straight from the other even though they didn’t have to. It was right there.

“Why thank you. I’m certain whoever caught your eye must be the luckiest man in the world, if he was able to have caught your… ah, divine gaze.”

“Are you mocking me?”

“I’m most certainly not mocking you, I’m only stating a fact.”

“Sweet-talker,” she nudged him in the rib.

He wanted to tell her, ‘I’m your sweet-talker.’

But, he refrained from doing so, scared she’d look at him strangely or feel uncomfortable.

“So, mind telling me who this mysterious person is or are you keeping it under wraps from me?” Adrian questioned.

Briar’s cheeks were lit aflame, “I’ll leave it to your imagination. It’s best if you don’t know.”

Adrian gave her a reassuring smile, “Alright, it’s your decision, whatever you want.”

He ate another taco, trying not to look at her. Why had he asked that question? It turned the conversation awkward, even though that wasn’t his intent. If he had known the conversation would have turned to this, he wouldn’t have asked in the first place.

“But are you close to him?”

“You could say that, I suppose I’m interested in him,” Briar nodded, taking a swig of her beer. She asked, “And what about you? Who’s the lucky person?”

She lowered her voice, whispering in his ear, “You can tell me, I won’t judge. Or not, your choice.”

Adrian whispered back to her, “Well… She’s a wonderful person.. That’s for sure.”