Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 188

“So I wanted to run something past you, just tell you so you’re not left in the dark and fret over my whereabouts.”

“What is it?”

“I was thinking of meeting up with some friends at a cafe.”

Xavier looked up at her, “Did they just invite you out of the blue or what?”

Madeline nodded, “Yeah, it was completely out of the blue, but I do want to see them.”

“Have fun, and make sure to call me if anything happens,” Xavier reminded her, a smile now on his face.

“Oh come on, I’ll be fine.”

“And that’s totally something people say whenever they’re going to be fine,” remarked Xavier.

“Haha, very funny. I’m going now.”

“You sure I can’t send you off or anything?”

“I’ll be going with Briar.”

Madeline blew him a kiss, “Ta ta!”

“Love you!” Xavier exclaimed.

“Love you too!” Madeline exclaimed, chuckling.

She met up with Briar, asking her what Adrian said.

“All he did was tell me to have fun,” Briar replied.

Madeline checked her phone again, seeing when exactly the reunion was.

“The reunion is soon, holy, did they really just invite us out of the blue? They could have told us sooner instead of just surprising us. What, do they want to ask about our love lives?”

Briar waggled her eyebrows, “Well what would you answer them if they ask? Are you taken now that you have Mr Handsome Alpha in your life?”

“I am not taken. We haven’t even… talked about it yet.”

Briar was taken aback.

“Seriously?”

“We’ve been on two dates, we’re not going to get married, or start dating anytime soon. I mean, maybe the dating part but we’re going with the flow, I’d like to think,” Madeline admitted.

“Well, we should get going now,” Briar said.

“Right, we should. Unless we want to arrive fashionably late. I doubt Stephanie would be so pleased about it.”

Madeline looked at what she was wearing, she told Briar, “One second, I need to change into more suitable clothing to go to a cafe.”

One clothing change and one long drive later, they arrived at the cafe they were supposed to meet everyone else at.

“What do we tell everyone?” Briar asked.

“What do we tell everyone? What kind of question is that? Stephanie will probably be talking the entire time about her new beau or her new car or something. Or she’ll be prying into her other friends’ lives, you know what she’s like.”

Briar scoffed, “Good point. You ready?”

“Of course I am,” Madeline answered, holding the door open for Briar.

“Maddie, Bri! Over here!” Someone exclaimed.

Madeline and Briar turned around to face their friend, Stephanie. She was just like they remembered. Beautiful, blonde, tall and ocean blue eyes adorned her face.

“Just in time ladies, everyone else is already here, we were waiting for you!” She said, bringing the two ladies into a hug.

“Steph, I can’t breathe,” Madeline said, to which Briar laughed.

Stephanie let Madeline go, “Sorry. I just missed you both so much.”

Madeline and Briar were greeted by their friends. They took a seat beside each other.

There were about 8 ladies present, one being Stephanie, two others being Madeline and Briar and the five others. They got to talking, finding out what they missed. It seemed like everyone in that table had good news to share with everyone. And when it came to the topic of love lives and all that jazz? Stephanie was engaged, another girl was expecting, and the others were taken.

Briar, when asked about her love life, made it clear she was single and had no intent on dating anyone anytime soon.

“There’s no one in the picture, not right now,” she admitted, before the girl who asked her turned her attention to Madeline.

She was a snarky girl, always jealous of Madeline’s smarts back in university. Ruth was her name, and she was known for being popular amongst the guys in university because of her looks, which were alright.

“And what about you, Madeline? Got any guys in your life?” She questioned as she sipped on her drink.

Madeline figured she’d be asked about her love life soon enough. She exchanged glances with Briar, who looked at her with alarm.

The cafe’s atmosphere was chilly. Madeline felt people staring at her, but it wasn’t the girls that were staring. It was someone else. Well, not just one person.

She laughed when Madeline stayed silent, “Honey, if there’s no one in your life, you could just say so. It’s not shameful or anything.”

Madeline opened her mouth, “No, no that’s not the case.”

“Then?”

Briar whipped out her phone. Madeline stared at her, wondering what Briar possibly could be doing. Wasn’t it the worst time to be texting on her phone? She needed some help.

Smiling to herself, Briar placed down her phone and looked at Madeline.

“There is someone,” Madeline said.

“It’s not shameful to admit there isn’t, Maddie. If there really isn’t you could just tell us, we’re your friends.”

Madeline raised her brow, “But there is someone.”

“What’s his name?”

“His name is–”

The cafe door opened, and as if the atmosphere wasn’t chilly enough, it turned even colder. Madeline felt goosebumps on her skin, whilst Briar had a smug expression on her face. She knew no convincing would get Ruth to believe her. Ruth was hardheaded. Xavier would have to show up for her to have a shot at convincing her. Otherwise, what was the point?

Madeline took a sip from her drink, not realising a couple of men were shooting her occasional glances every now and then, wondering if she was single and if they’d give them her number.

One praised, “Oh my goodness, she’s so hot! Is she single?”

“Single? Who cares if she’s single! I don’t see any men around her. Just her and a bunch of her friends. Maybe one of us can get her, and the others can get her hot friends!”

A hand slammed down on the table, grabbing the men’s attention. They were sure the table would crack into two if the man used any more strength.

The man retracted his hand, and the men heard a low growl coming from him. He whispered in his low, baritone voice, “I usually don’t like tainting my hands with filthy blood, but I really won’t mind killing you all.. If you value your life and do not wish to die in my hands, then I suggest you run away now.”