Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 186

“Did Cornelia say anything? Give you any hints?”

“Hints? What hints?” Xavier questioned, exiting his cabin with his wet hair dripping onto his towel.

“Hubba hubba,” Madeline commented, smiling at him.

“You know you have to leave, I have work. I’ve pushed stuff aside enough for one day and it’s already morning,” Xavier said, an evident frown on his face.

“I know, but do you want me to bring some breakfast to your office at least? So you don’t starve.”

Xavier kissed her on the forehead, “That would be lovely, thank you.”

Madeline patted the spot beside her on the couch, “Come here.”

“Why?”

“Just come here and sit down.”

Xavier followed Madeline’s orders, taking a seat beside her.

Madeline went to work, scooting closer to him before she pulled his towel away from his neck and flung it over his head. She told him whilst she began drying his hair by massaging said towel through his enviable, shiny hair, “You shouldn’t be going to work with wet hair, it’s not good for you.”

He allowed her to continue massaging, wondering how her hands could possibly be so magical when all it was doing was simply drying his hair. Xavier said to her, licking his lips, “Whatever you say, pup.”

Once Madeline was done, she handed her his towel, and he placed it on his shoulder, rewarding her with a quick kiss on the cheek. She chuckled, “Now, shouldn’t you be getting to work, darling?”

He bopped her adorable nose, “I do, but I don’t want to leave you.”

“I don’t want to leave you either, but it’s not like you have a choice! You can’t just abandon your work for me,” Madeline said to him, with a tiny pout on her face.

Xavier knew Madeline was right even though he desperately wished she wasn’t. It’d be nice if they got a full day to spend for themselves without any distractions like work or parents. Wouldn’t it be nice if they could just spend the entire day in bed, watching movies, telling jokes and just being by each other’s sides?

Yes, yes it would. But that wouldn’t be realistic. What was realistic?

Him having to go to work. As much as he wanted to spend time with the woman he loved, he couldn’t. Not now at least.

‘At least I have motivation to complete work as fast as I can, then I get to spend the rest of my time with Madeline,’ Xavier thought to himself.

“By the way, did Cornelia mention anything about what happened during that… walk?” Madeline questioned.

Xavier furrowed his brows, “Err, no. We didn’t even discuss it.”

“Oh,” was the only thing that managed to exit Madeline’s mouth.

“Why ask?” Xavier inquired, turning to Madeline with a suspicious look on his face. Raising a brow, he asked next, “Did you want to see her to ask about it? To get clues as to who’s behind it?”

Madeline’s bottom lip quivered, “She gave me a hint.”

“So that was what you were talking about before,” Xavier pieced things together.

“Yeah, that was what I was talking about before. Cornelia gave me a tiny hint, although she went on about how she wasn’t allowed to tell me anything. I doubt it’s really any hint, since it’s an open answer, but she said something about, and I quote, ‘There’s a saying that goes, it’s always.’”

“Nothing else?” Xavier questioned. He thought Cornelia would have let her in on more than just two words from some quote. There were multiple phrases that suited it.

It’s always the pretty ones… it’s always the little ones…

Madeline wished she could shake her head and tell him she had mentioned something else. Instead, she nodded, confirming, “Yeah, nothing else. She was extremely tight-lipped even after I tried guilt tripping her.”

Xavier seemed in awe of Madeline, “You tried guilt tripping her?”

“Yep,” answered Madeline, popping the ‘p’ in yep as she ran a finger through her silky hair.

After a couple moments of silence passed by, Madeline called, “Xavier?”

“Mhm?”

“What did you and Cornelia talk about if not the walk? I remember you were talking to her for quite a while, no?”

“We just talked about you,” Xavier answered, remembering how he promised not to keep anything from her. Besides, what was there to keep? Madeline deserved to know if they talked about her.

“About me? What about me?” Madeline inquired.

“Hmm, we talked about how amazing you are,” Xavier answered nonchalantly.

Madeline rolled her eyes, “Alright, off to work now. No more stalling.”

Xavier swooped her up in his arms. Madeline told him off, telling him not to surprise her like that again before she herself tried surprising him with a kiss.

Unfortunately, she missed and kissed his nose instead of his lips.

He laughed, and told her to hang on tight. Then, they were at the door of Xavier’s office.

“You could always join me for work,” he invited.

“Wouldn’t I distract you more than help you?”

“No comment on that,” Xavier replied.

“I know you know it’s the truth, pretty boy,” Madeline chuckled. Breathing deeply, she said to him, “Alright, I’ll be back once I have breakfast. Go, work! Or you won’t get any breakfast from me.”

“Fine, fine,” Xavier said, raising his hands up in the air before he retreated to his office.

Madeline headed for the kitchen, off to get her and Xavier breakfast when she heard people talking in another room, recognising one of the voices to be Briar’s and another person’s.

‘Huh, she must be having breakfast with Adrian,’ Madeline figured, smiling as she silently cheered her friend on.

Once she managed to find her and Xavier some breakfast, she packed it all up, bringing it to Xavier’s office.

“I missed you.”

“Oh please, I was only gone for a couple of minutes tops.”

“A couple of minutes feels like a long time to me, especially when I’m separated from you,” remarked Xavier who was also eyeing the bag Madeline held since he felt famished.

Madeline and Xavier prepared breakfast, quickly eating it before Madeline insisted on leaving. It was that, or disturbing Xavier.

“I need to talk to Briar anyway.”