Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 206

“So why are you the one giving me advice?”

“Because you seem like the type of person who won’t do anything unless someone knocks some sense into you or tells you to do it,” Lawrence admitted, asking him, “Why, have you ever been in a relationship?”

The whole room turned quiet. One should note that there were only two people in Xavier’s office at the time, but it was enough for Lawrence to take the hint.

“And what happened?” Lawrence dared to ask.

“She’s gone,” Adrian said, refusing to specify or get into clearer detail.

Lawrence inhaled, “Sorry to hear that.”

Adrian nodded, and Lawrence – despite being awfully ignorant sometimes – took it as a hint not to ask any further questions. In an attempt to lighten the mood and change the topic, Lawrence questioned, “So do you like Briar or do you not like her?”

“Don’t you have the answer to that question already?” Adrian asked, his voice lowered.

“I want to hear you say it,” Lawrence said.

“Fine, I’ll say it.”

“Go on.”

“I like her. I have feelings for her.”

“Now that you’ve said it, I won’t take it upon myself to try to sleep with her.”

Adrian stared at him, wondering if he was joking or being serious.

“Dude.”

“What? I’m trying to be nice here, I’m being sincere.”

Sighing, Adrian said to him, “I doubt she reciprocates my feelings.”

“And how can you be so sure?”

“It’s a gut feeling.”

“See, you said it. It’s just a gut feeling.”

“What are you, my therapist now?” Adrian questioned.

“Sure, let’s go with that. No idea what it means but it sounds nice so I’ll allow it.”

Adrian muttered under his breath, ‘And just when he was becoming somewhat tolerable.’

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After dinner, Madeline and Xavier decided to go on a shopping spree.

Entering a fashion store, they picked out similar-looking sweaters for each other to wear. Madeline exited the fitting room, donning a light brown sweater with a long-sleeved button down shirt on the inside, pairing it with grey jeans with its pant legs slightly rolled up and comfortable sneakers.

Xavier gulped, commenting, “You look really… good.”

“And you look adorable,” Madeline commented, a smile on her face as she admired Xavier who wore the exact same thing as her, except his sweater was a darker shade of brown. He looked – and smelt – amazing.

She gasped, telling Xavier, “Wait one second.”

Rushing over to a shelf, she picked out a pair of funny-looking glasses. Handing one pair over to Xavier and keeping one pair for herself, she told him to put it on.

“There’s the nearest mirror,” Xavier said, rolling his eyes as he placed the pair of glasses on. Once he and Madeline made it to the mirror, he commented on himself, “See, I look ridiculous with these glasses.”

Madeline pouted, trying her best not to laugh at Xavier, “I think you look cute with those glasses.”

“Don’t laugh,” Xavier said, trying not to laugh at himself either.

“But it’s funny,” Madeline said, allowing Xavier to take the pair of glasses from her hands and put it on her. He tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and announced, “I’m not the one who looks cute here.”

Madeline folded her arms against her chest, “We’ve got to get a picture of this.”

She and Xavier huddled up in front of the fitting room’s mirror, and Madeline brought out her phone from her purse.

“Cheese,” she said, snapping a couple of pictures of her and Xavier before an idea surfaced in her mind.

For the last picture, she leaned in closer to Xavier, who wondered what she was doing. He heard a snap go off when Madeline went on her tiptoes and placed a kiss on his cheek.

“Tsk, you’re so cheeky,” he commented before a smirk came across his face and he captured her lips with his, causing Madeline to nearly drop her phone in the process from both shock and excitement.

“You smell nice,” Madeline commented breathlessly once they separated.

“And you taste nice,” Xavier said, referring to Madeline’s lipgloss, which he could taste.

They were huge dorks, both of them.

Madeline’s cheeks burned, and she coughed.

“Don’t tell me one compliment’s already got you blushing crazily,” Xavier said.

She leaned closer to him, going on her tiptoes again to whisper in his ear, her voice deeper than usual, “Don’t tell me one kiss has you satisfied already.”

Xavier’s ears had never been as red as they were after she had said what she said. He covered his mouth and bit his lip to stop himself from saying something stupid in response to what Madeline had told him. He said to her, eyes twinkling and all, “You’re joking with me.”

Madeline laughed softly, “I am, I don’t know what came over me.”

“We should probably pay now,” Xavier spoke, his hand on his neck now.

“Alright,” Madeline said, chuckling. He was adorable at times, like one of those huggable teddy bears.

They changed into their previous clothing before they headed to the cashier. After they got paying out of the way, they decided to make one last stop at the mall’s arcade.

“So basically, an arcade is a place with a lot of electronic and coin-operated games for us to play,” she explained as they headed there.

“Sounds fun.”

Madeline chuckled, her eyes twinkling with pure excitement as she admitted, “It is fun.”

“I’ll take your word for it then,” Xavier said. Pointing at the bluish lights in the distance and raising his brow, he said to her, “I’m assuming that’s the arcade.”

Madeline nodded, “Yeah.”

Once they arrived, they purchased a substantial amount of coins, and that was when the fun truly began. Xavier caught Madeline eyeing one machine in particular.

“How does it work?”

“Hmm?”

“That machine, how does it work?”

“You insert a coin, then you try to get a prize with the claws,” Madeline explained, eyeing a teddy bear with a heart that was placed in the middle of all the other prizes.

They walked over to the machine, and Madeline inserted a coin, hoping to win the bear for herself.

Strangely, it reminded her of Xavier.