Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 191

“So, how was your reunion?”

“Fun. Drama filled. Xavier made an appearance.”

“Xavier made an appearance? What are you talking about, and why haven’t I heard of this?”

Briar grinned, “Didn’t you hear?”

Adrian frowned, “I wish I did, but no. If I did, I’d be at Xavier’s office right now, talking his ear off.”

“Xavier made an appearance at the reunion.”

“Yeah, that I already know off. What else?”

“I sent him a text. Told him guys were looking at Madeline and the next second he’s there. He scared them off and the girls loved him. They practically ate him up and they were enamoured with him, you should have seen it.”

Adrian narrowed his eyes, “Yes, I should have.”

“Oh! And he also claimed to be Madeline’s boyfriend.”

“THEY’RE DATING NOW?” Adrian asked.

“Quiet down! You’re talking too loud, you’re going to give me a headache. No, they’re not. Xavier just pretended, I think he did at least.”

Adrian said dryly, “Oh, so they’re not dating.”

“Yeah, they’re not. If they were, Maddie would have told me. And so far, she told me she’s going with the flow so I don’t think it’s really happening any time now but maybe in the future. They’re made for each other after all.”

“Can’t argue with that, they’re sickeningly sweet.”

Briar nudged him in the rib, a smile on her face, “I said that too.”

Adrian chuckled, “You know you never told me about the person you were interested in.”

She turned to look at him, “Smooth, but you’re not getting me to talk about him now.”

“I guess I tried.”

She scoffed, “Aren’t you going to try and pry it out of me?”

“If you told me I’m not getting you to talk I don’t think you’re going to tell me anything no matter how much I try prying out of you.”

“Wow, I would’ve thought you’d try at the very least. Never knew Beta Adrian was a quitter.”

The word ‘quitter’ seemed to affect Adrian as he exclaimed, “I am no quitter!”

“Really? Are you sure you’re not just all talk and no bite?”

Nose up in the air, he said to her snobbily, “I rarely quit things. I’m very persistent when I want to be. Keywords, when I want to be.”

Briar fumbled with her shirt, “Sure.”

Adrian glanced at her, wondering if she knew who he was referring to all this time. Was she really that blind when it came to who he quite clearly held his affections for? He doubted so, unless Briar was in denial and didn’t think it was true.

“You should go now, I have to work, you know,” he said to her.

Surprisingly, Briar agreed.

“Alright, I understand the sanctity of work. Go on, work. I’ll take my leave now,” she announced.

“Bye,” he greeted, wishing her farewell.

For now at least.

“Goodbye, Beta Adrian.”

He exclaimed, “I told you to stop calling me by that and just call me Adria–”

The door slammed behind her, and he sighed, burying his face in his hands. He knew that Briar was interested in someone else but kept pursuing her. Well, he wasn’t really pursuing her, was he?

He was simply hiding the truth from her and talking to her. They simply acted like friends did, and she never made it seem like she held even an ounce of affection for him. She was clearly interested in someone else, and yet he remained crazy for her. He wasn’t even sure when this had all begun, he supposed it happened slowly over time. From a small crush to what it was now. Full blown feelings for a woman who didn’t reciprocate said feelings.

He wrote things down with his pen, wondering what to say when he saw her again. Adrian didn’t know what to do, terrified he’d fess up to his feelings. One wrong word and he’d spill everything he thought to her.

One wrong word and everything he felt for her that he had kept hidden went down the proverbial drain.

“I need to compose myself,” Adrian thought to himself, not taking his gaze away from the piece of paper with information neatly written on it.

Just because he had feelings for a woman did not mean he could just shirk his duties. He had work to do, he wouldn’t just throw that all away. He still prioritised work.

Meanwhile, Madeline went off to visit a friend since the full moon was that night, and she couldn’t help but be reminded of her whenever the full moon approached.

As another full moon came, she was reminded that her friend wouldn’t be able to turn into a werewolf. Why? Because she was long gone.

Madeline smiled, “I’m here to visit you again.”

No response came, as expected.

It was calming, Indiana’s grave. Madeline found it nice that she was able to see Indiana, even if Indiana wasn’t there in person. She could feel the presence of her friend, as strange as it seemed. Even though Indiana’s body had been disposed of somewhere else, and she knew that… Madeline chose to believe that Indiana had received a proper burial. And that she was buried under her grave, perfectly entombed.

“You’re probably really annoyed by me now since I could be doing anything else but I chose to visit you. I didn’t forget you, and I won’t forget you,” Madeline said, playing with the leaves nearby.

The wind whistled in her air, and she could hear the sounds of water splashing nearby. It was all so serene. So peaceful. Hence why she had chosen this spot for Indiana to be buried. It seemed like someplace Indiana would have wanted to be buried.

“I met my university friends at a reunion. Xavier even showed up mid-reunion, now they think he’s my boyfriend. Then again, he claimed to be my boyfriend to them so of course they do,” Madeline chuckled, remembering yesterday’s events. She didn’t think it was weird to spend her time talking to a grave, but she figured it wasn’t supposed to be normal.

Madeline scoffed.

‘And when have I ever been normal, or chose to do things normally?’