Chapter 78 - The Least Of Her Worries

Were they going on a date? 

Was it their very first time? 

And also, had Alpha Xavier heard her apologizing to Madeline for what she'd previously done?

Since he'd been there, she hoped he had heard her apologize.

It hadn't been her intention for him to have overheard everything. 

All she wanted to do was express how sorry she felt to Madeline and sincerely apologize. 

Yes, Indiana had to admit, she wanted Madeline's forgiveness - and in the future, she wouldn't mind getting to know her more. 

'Why hadn't I done some reconnaissance beforehand?' 

'I could've talked to her, possibly got to know her too.' 

'She seems like a delightful person, why did I ruin things right away?'

'I'm a fool.' 

Indiana knew all this was her trying to distract herself from Xavier. 

'Am I hurt he's going out with someone else?' 

Scoffing, she knew the answer to that question was yes. 

Even though she tried denying it, there was really no denying she had developed feelings for Xavier. 

Indiana wasn't even the slightest bit worried about how all her other friends would react to her being demoted.

That was the last of her worries at the current moment. 

So they'd make fun and ridicule her.

She'd learnt not to take what people thought of her to heart, things never ended well when she did. 

There were many things she tried avoiding - one of which included thinking about what Madeline and Xavier could possibly be up to. 

Speaking of which… Madeline and Xavier were doing nothing like she had imagined them to be doing.

Yes, they had decided to have dinner together, but who would've thought all that would lead to the two of them sitting across each other at the dinner table, keeping to themselves?

'Something's bothering him,' Madeline noted. 

Xavier looked irritated. 

Did it have something to do with Indiana?

It wasn't him who made the poor girl apologize to her, right?

"Are you alright?" Madeline questioned worriedly. 

"Of course I am." 

"You say that, but how you've been acting this entire time points to something entirely different," Madeline pointed out. 

She felt as though it was her fault - and in some ways, it was. 

Madeline knew this had to do with Emilio. It just had to. 

Indiana had been dealt with, and she had also apologized. 

Work? Madeline had never seen him this stressed out. 

She wondered if there were more to Emilio than she was let in on. More to what happened between him and Xavier. 

"Is it Emilio?" Madeline asked, refusing to refer to him as her father. 

Although she admitted to wanting to fix things with her father, she didn't support nor agree with what he'd done in the past. Madeline would be lying if she said she didn't want to forget everything she'd learnt of Emilio's past.

He was a horrible man. 

But, perhaps there was a reason for it. A reason that explained why Emilio became the man he was today. 

"I'm sorry," she apologized. 

That was when Xavier decided to speak up. 

"If you think any of this is your fault, it's not," he reassured her. 

Madeline smiled at him, grateful he thought it wasn't her fault. 

"Sometimes you're too sweet for your own good."

"I'm never sweet."

"You keep telling yourself that," Madeline chuckled. 

Suddenly, she had an idea. 

She moved closer to Xavier, sitting beside him. 

They were far apart before, now they were in proper speaking range. 

Xavier appeared to be surprised, although he didn't seem to mind. 

He asked, "What–"

Madeline shrugged, "I've never seen you eat with anyone before."

Before Xavier could speak, she added, "Adrian doesn't count as anyone, he's an exception."

That was partly why she chose to eat breakfast with him. 

They were friends, and she doubted Xavier had anyone to talk to, or a friendly face to see other than Adrian. And usually, he was knees deep in work. 

Of course, if Xavier needed to go, he could always do so. She wouldn't mind, she had Briar when her dear friend was free after all. 

And besides, Madeline understood the sanctity and importance of work. 

Briar had her own things to do as well, but now that she'd been assigned to guard her friend, her workload had been cleared - something Briar didn't mind at all. 

"And also, I'm sorry for barging in your office," Madeline apologized, knowing she had done something wrong.

Then again, Xavier probably knew she was coming since he heard her footsteps right before she barged in and snagged dinner with him. He hadn't expected her to enter and cause a ruckus, though. That was uncalled for. Definitely uncalled for. 

Had she wanted to tell him something, she could've done so without barging in his office. 

"I won't do it again," she nodded. 

Never would she repeat what she'd done.

She never wanted to feel and experience that same humiliation again. 

It was horrid! 

"Great," Xavier said, taking a bite out of his food. 

Unlike what Madeline had first assumed, werewolves weren't ferocious eaters that constantly feasted on raw, bloody meat.

When in their human forms, they were refined eaters. At least, Xavier was. 

Werewolves were quite different from how the few books she had read portrayed them. They dressed differently, acted and behaved differently… there was that and so much more. 

Madeline wondered why werewolves had such a horrible reputation.

Say, if someone were to encounter a werewolf in the streets, their first instinct would be to run as far away as possible.

Most would, of course. 

It was practically instinct to humans. 

It was human nature, to run at the mere sight of something new and unfamiliar.

"I need to tell you something," Xavier said to Madeline, knowing he had to tell her this at some point.

So why not now?

Madeline's ears perked up.

What did Xavier have to tell her? 

Xavier gulped, wondering how he'd manage to tell her… 

That by default she was supposed to be inclined to be alpha.

Or at least, to hone her powers.