Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 201

“So this is about Xavier, and I shouldn’t panic,” Briar said the next morning. She stated, “You know, I practically stayed awake all night because I was wondering what this surprise was about.”

“Don’t panic,” Madeline said to her.

Briar rolled her eyes, “I’m not going to panic.”

Madeline opened the door, and Briar walked in, ready to see whatever surprise Madeline had in store for her. She covered her mouth to stop herself from shrieking, and Lawrence waved at her.

“Why hello gorgeous.”

“Don’t mind him,” Xavier said to her.

“There are two of you,” Briar said, her jaw on the floor. She repeated, still unable to process things, “Two of you.”

“Yeah,” Xavier said, looking at Madeline, who shrugged.

She mouthed, ‘I couldn’t find the right words to tell her.’

“So what, did you grow a twin brother overnight or something?”

Briar was never even aware Xavier had any living relatives to begin with. Then again, she didn’t know much about Xavier, but this was a big surprise, to say the least.

“No, I’ve always been here, darling,” Lawrence said, taking a sip of coffee.

It looked surreal, Xavier and Lawrence sitting beside each other.

“I’m not dreaming, right?” Briar asked Madeline, who shook her head.

“You’re not, I was just as shocked as you are.”

Remembering the moment she discovered Xavier had a twin brother, Madeline remembered the shock and surprise she felt. She most certainly would’ve never expected this to happen to her. Heck, she never thought she’d even get the chance to meet any of Xavier’s family in the first place.

“Where’s Adrian?” Briar questioned, wondering if Adrian had chosen to skip out on breakfast to avoid encountering both Xavier or Lawrence or if he’d simply be arriving late.

“Why wonder where’s Adrian when I’m here,” Lawrence purred.

Briar narrowed her eyes, “Your name?”

“Lawrence. Lawrence Ronan. Xavier’s twin brother. And what’s your name, milady?”

“My name’s Briar. Briar Alva.”

“Pleasure to meet you Ms Alva,” Lawrence grinned, shooting her a seductive look.

She looked at Madeline who didn’t seem fazed.

“Hold on, Lawrence Ronan as in the same Lawrence Ronan that’s the alpha of the Ravaryn pack?” Briar questioned, trying to diffuse the obvious tension in the breakfast room.

Lawrence’s grin only widened, “Yes, I am! Glad someone recognised me here.”

Xavier facepalmed.

Madeline and Briar then took their respective seats, Madeline sitting beside Xavier and Briar sitting as far away as possible from Lawrence. Something didn’t sit right with him. It just felt off to her.

Thankfully, it wasn’t long before the room doors were opened, revealing Adrian.

“Sorry, I’m late. I had a few errands to run,” he apologised, before he quickly took a seat beside Briar.

Xavier had decided breakfast was in order, so he’d get introductions out of the way. Since he and Briar were friends now, he decided it was best to invite her as well. Inviting Adrian along too was a no-brainer, and then there was Lawrence, who happily agreed to breakfast.

Lawrence broke the silence, asking Adrian, “So, you and Briar a thing?”

Both their cheeks turned beet-red and Madeline fought the urge not to snort. She turned to Xavier, a smile etched on her face.

‘They’re cute don’t you think?’ She mouthed, to which Xavier agreed.

‘They sure are.’

“We aren’t, we’re just friends,” Adrian answered, refusing to look at Briar. He didn’t manage to catch her staring at him longingly.

Lawrence seemed amused by the results he had achieved with that one question. Xavier glared at him some more, as he had been doing during the entirety of breakfast.

“Are we going to talk about the elephant in the room?” Briar questioned.

Everyone turned to look at her, and she shrugged, “What?”

She stared at Madeline, knowing Madeline was keeping something from her. Something other than Lawrence’s existence.

Was it something Lawrence did?

Was it something he said to her?

Briar studied Lawrence, unable to tell Xavier and Lawrence apart if not for their completely different choice of clothing. Xavier was dressed in his signature button-down shirt and trousers whilst Lawrence was dressed in a long-sleeved shirt and jeans. One looked formal, whilst the other looked casual and comfortable. That was the only way Briar could tell the difference.

Right, and the last difference.

Lawrence kept touching his cheek. First, Briar had thought the man was just extremely narcissistic and couldn’t stop touching his face. Then, she began to realise that he was touching the same spot over and over again. And with the dirty looks Xavier had been giving his brother, she could only presume it was something Lawrence had done.

She looked back and forth between Lawrence and Madeline.

Madeline had tried telling her something last night. Something about her and Xavier.

What if… what if that was what she was trying to tell her?

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Adrian and Briar had managed to pull Xavier and Madeline aside, head filled with questions they desperately wanted answers to.

“Why did you punch him?” Adrian questioned, looking Xavier in the eye.

Briar gasped, “You punched him? Why would you do that, isn’t he your brother?”

Madeline squirmed, and Xavier opened his mouth to say something before she spoke for him.

“He tricked me into thinking he was Xavier.”

Briar and Adrian exchanged a glance, that wasn’t so bad.

That was, until Madeline continued, “And nearly tricked me into sleeping with him.”

She watched as her friend’s face fell to the floor from shock.

Lawrence tried sleeping with Madeline?

Briar whispered to Xavier, well aware Adrian and Madeline could hear her regardless, “Did you punch him hard enough?”

Xavier scoffed, “I did, I broke a wall.”

The girl couldn’t help but snicker. Madeline elbowed her, “Don’t encourage him!”

Adrian nodded, “That explains things. But what’s he still doing here then?”

Briar couldn’t believe how dense Adrian was being.

His face paled, “No! Don’t leave me with him.”

“It’s only for one day, he’s a perfectly fine replacement,” Xavier reasoned.

“One day?” Adrian asked.

He mumbled under his breath, ‘A perfectly fine replacement that tried sleeping with Madeline.”

“One day, and I heard that,” Xavier said.

Briar snickered. She questioned, “You and Madeline have plans?”

“We do.”

“Have fun.”

“Thank you.”