Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 211

“I’d ask how your date went but you’re in an extremely good mood today so I’ll hold off from asking,” Briar said, her eyes narrowed and her hands planted on her hips.

Madeline shrugged, “What can I say? It was a perfect date.”

“Hmph, when will I be able to go on a date? Never been on one before,” Briar said, crossing her arms jokingly.

Her friend scoffed, before leaning closer to Briar, “Also, how was Lawrence?”

“No idea, last I checked he was with Adrian all day. I’ll go check up on Adrian later, see how he’s doing. I wonder if he’s annoyed to death by now, Lawrence was irritating at breakfast.”

Briar turned to look at Madeline, who asked, “What?”

“Are you alright after what happened with Lawrence?”

“I’m fine, I talked about it with my dad earlier,” Madeline answered, staring up at the ceiling. A grin replaced her solemn expression as she told Briar, “Xavier won me a teddy bear.”

‘Here we go,’ Briar thought to herself. Her curiosity overcame her as she questioned, “How many tries?”

“I didn’t count, it took quite a lot,” Madeline admitted.

“What I’d give to have seen it,” Briar muttered under her breath. She ordered, “Tell me more.”

She was far too curious, and Madeline had already told her a tidbit of what happened during the date, Briar wanted more.

“Funny, I was just about to do that,” Madeline said.

Briar whispered, “Were there any jealous girls?”

“No,” Madeline replied, much to Briar’s disappointment.

“So what did the two of you do? My luna, you were gone for the whole entire day, you must’ve done a lot,” Briar said, wiggling her eyebrows.

“Totally,” Madeline said, her face lighting up. She gushed about her date, telling Briar how she wished she and Xavier could go on dates everyday, telling Briar, “We even read a book together, and ended the date with stargazing. There was a shooting star too.”

“A shooting star? Ooh, what was your wish?”

“I didn’t wish for anything,” Madeline admitted.

“What? Why wouldn’t you wish for something?” Briar inquired, unable to fathom why.

To her surprise, Madeline just shrugged, replying to Briar’s question with an ever so nonchalant tone, “Because I have Xavier in my life, there’s nothing else I want to wish for.”

Briar regretted asking. Not that she didn’t want to hear Madeline talk about Xavier, that was fine. Perfectly tolerable.

However, it only reminded her of her current dilemma. It had nothing to do with Madeline, who was nothing but delightful.

“You two should just get a room. Like I said, you two are sickeningly sweet. I stand my ground,” Briar said.

Madeline laughed softly, “You and Adrian too. There’s just something between the two of you that’s going on that I can’t explain.”

“You can’t explain it because there is nothing going on,” Briar said dryly.

“Hm, sure. Go tell yourself that,” Madeline said in her best imitation of Briar’s voice.

“Was I always like this to you when you and Xavier hadn’t confessed your feelings to each other?”

“Yes,” Madeline answered almost instantly.

“Oh. I mean, when you think about it though, I wasn’t wrong, you guys are going on dates now,” Briar reasoned.

“Geez,” Madeline said, rolling her eyes. She told Briar, “And besides, didn’t Adrian ask you out on a date?”

“That was not a date,” Briar insisted, “He just brought me someplace nice and–”

“Sounds like a date to me,” Madeline said, speaking what she thought was the truth as she told Briar, “I’m nearly certain he’s interested in you.”

“There’s always a chance he doesn’t and this is all some misunderstanding ,” Briar reasoned.

“The chance of that happening is slim. Really, really slim, and you know that.”

“No, I don’t. Besides, I can’t just bring it up to him. It’d only make things awkward between us.”

“Or you could tell him.”

“Tell him what?”

“That you have feelings for him, what else could I possibly have meant?”

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“I’m so grateful you’re back!” Adrian exclaimed once he entered Xavier’s office.

Xavier was writing something on a piece of parchment, focused on his work, “Thank you.”

Adrian paused, wondering why Xavier was so serious, “The date went well then?”

“It went splendidly,” Xavier answered, still not looking up from the parchment he was writing on. He pointed out, “You’re standing there as if you want something from me. You’re hovering.”

“No, I don’t. I don’t want something, I’m just glad you’re back,” Adrian said.

“Did Lawrence do something for you to be telling me this?” Xavier questioned.

“Don’t get me started on him.”

“So he did,” Xavier remarked, sounding slightly more interested than before.

“He did! He claimed that I had feelings for Briar and made me… made me…”

Adrian stared at Xavier, who had looked up from his parchment.

“Is it supposed to be torturous? And a bad thing? I always reckoned it was obvious you have feelings for Briar.”

He watched as his friend’s cheeks turned beet red.

“That’s– I don’t–”

Biting his lip, Adrian questioned, “Did I make it that obvious?”

“You have a habit of not being able to hide anything. Feelings included.”

Adrian froze, “Wait, so you’re saying Briar knows I have feelings for her?”

Xavier shrugged, “How do you expect me to know? As far as I’m aware, Briar and you are in the dark as much as each other.”

His friend sighed in relief, “So she probably doesn’t know, phew.”

“Why, scared you’re going to ruin your friendship?”

“I never said that.”

“Your face says it for you.”

“My face is perfectly fine.”

“No it’s not, it’s heating up. You’re blushing,” Xavier pointed out as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Adrian’s cheeks turned even redder.

“Wait, so Madeline knows too?”

“Yep,” Xavier answered confidently.

“Did she tell you?”

Xavier looked disappointed.

“She didn’t have to tell me anything, it’s obvious, Adrian.. So get over it already, you have feelings for her and she has feelings for you.”