Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 197

The next few days passed by like a blur. Madeline and Rosalynn had gotten to know each other better and had lots of fun.

They had a mutual agreement, where they wouldn’t bring Cornelia up.

So on the day Xavier was supposed to return, Madeline was getting impatient. She knew she shouldn’t have felt that way, but she had ended up missing more than she had intended to. Rosalynn had already left, so it was just her at Xavier’s cabin, or so she thought.

When she was passing by Xavier’s bedroom, she heard a noise.

She stopped, noticing the door was open. Madeline peered inside to find someone already waiting for her.

“Hey there,” Xavier greeted, a wide grin on his face as he lay in his bed, head propped up by his hand. He was dressed in a t-shirt and matching pants, looking dashing as usual.

“Darling, you’re back!” Madeline exclaimed, face filled with excitement.

She walked over to him, wondering if he was up for their third date or still exhausted. It was understandable, of course.

He patted the space beside him on the bed, a grin still carved into his wickedly handsome face. There seemed to be a different air to him, or perhaps it was because of how much Madeline had missed him.

Madeline crawled onto the bed, wondering what he was trying to do.

“I missed you,” he spoke, gazing into her eyes.

She replied, “I missed you too.”

Thinking she was going crazy from the days she had been separated from him, she took a deep breath.

“Everything okay?” He questioned, raising his brow at her.

“Yeah. Everything’s okay. Better actually, now that you’re here.”

“So, what do you say to some you and me time?”

Blinking, Madeline smiled, beginning to trace her finger up Xavier’s chest.

“I know we’re dating now, but as I said before, we should just go with the flow, see where that takes us.”

[Author’s Note: Before anyone points out ‘but they’re not dating, aren’t they just going on dates’, I suggest you continue reading. Safe to say, this chapter was one of my absolute favourites to write. XD]

“Alright,” Xavier said, a pout on his face.

Madeline got up, running a finger through her silky hair.

“Come on, we’ve got to celebrate your return. What about wine?”

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“So she does hate my guts,” Cornelia said, holding up her head with her hand.

“You could say that.”

“You’re upset at me because I threatened my own daughter, huh.”

“You didn’t tell me that you threatened to kill Xavier before I decided to visit Madeline. She’s like my niece, I care about her. And I think you do too, so why would you do such a thing? Cornelia, she’s your daughter.”

“I know, but I had to get her here somehow.”

“There are countless other ways to get her here which don’t include threatening to kill her soulmate, Cornelia. You know that.”

“You know me, I like doing things differently.”

“Doing things differently isn’t equivalent to threatening people.”

“What, do you want me to apologise?”

“An apology would be nice. Don’t you think she deserves one?”

Cornelia stared at Rosalynn.

Yes, she cared about Madeline.

And yes, she knew she was wrong when she threatened Madeline to attend one dinner with her.

However, she wouldn’t lower herself and apologise to her. That was way out of her capabilities.

Cornelia had apologised to her already. She refused to apologise to Madeline another time. That was one of her fatal flaws, her stubbornness. It resulted in Emilio and Cornelia fighting over things that could have been resolved by a long, deep conversation.

She would refuse to apologise for what she did, and Emilio would pick up fights. They would end up apologising to each other but that didn’t mean Cornelia had become any less stubborn decades later.

“Are you seriously being stubborn now? You threatened to kill your biological daughter’s soulmate. Madeline’s hurt by it. And it’s not just that you need to apologise for.”

“Rose, you can’t tell me what to do with my daughter. That’s something I should decide myself.”

Rose stared at her, “I would’ve left you alone if you could decide what to do for yourself. But if I left you and did nothing about it, you wouldn’t have done much.”

Cornelia frowned, “Rose–”

“Cornelia, she nearly cried in front of me. We didn’t bring you up even once after the first day I visited her. It’s only going to get worse from here.”

“I know that,” Cornelia said, lowering her head slightly.

“I’m not supposed to interfere but I care about her too.”

“Would she forgive me if I apologised?”

“Nelia.”

“I’m kidding. I know, I know. I’m going to have to do more than just apologise to her to get her forgiveness. But you know why I did it.”

“It’s exactly because I know why you did it that I want you to just talk to her, sort some things out.”

“I doubt Emilio will even allow me anywhere near her.”

“Oh right, Emilio too.”

Cornelia scoffed, “He’s definitely upset with me, I doubt I’ll be able to get words in without him snapping at me or giving me some lecture about what I did to our daughter.”

“Well you’ve got to start from somewhere, it’s better than nothing. And maybe if you explain everything to Emilio he’d understand where you’re coming from.”

The woman stared at the floor, thinking of something. What if he did understand where she was coming from? Would that mean they had a shot of rekindling what they once had?

Shaking her head, Cornelia told herself not to think about it too much. She refused to know what would happen between her and Emilio next. It caused her a great deal of pain, especially now that she’d see him again. Knowing that he hated her guts pained her.

She muttered, “Maybe he will, maybe he won’t.”

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“Wine sounds great,” Xavier responded, smiling.

Once she made it all the way to Xavier’s bedroom door, a smirk made it on her face.

She turned around, facing Xavier who’s gaze lingered on her.

“You’re not Xavier, are you?”