Chapter 146 - In The Spirit Of Confessing (II)

Madeline hoped she had done a good enough job at hiding them. Sure, Briar had teased her of them a couple of times, but by the expression on Briar's face, Madeline was nearly certain she had successfully hidden something from Briar.

Well, up until she chose to tell Briar of course. Then, she didn't bother hiding anything.

Madeline pursed her lips, looking at Briar desperately, "Don't tell anyone. Not even Indiana and Adrian, alright?" 

Briar nodded, "Of course. I won't, I promise."

Madeline exhaled, "We should probably get to eating, huh."

"Right," Briar said quietly, poking her food with her fork. 

Meanwhile, with Indiana… 

Indiana took a trip to Jonathan's room once she had made sure she looked alright, and like she hadn't been crying her eyes out the past hour. 

Fortunately, he had told her where his room was in case she ever wanted to find him. 

"Jonathan?" She asked, knocking on his door. 

"Indiana, that you?" Jonathan asked, opening the door to see Indiana. He greeted, "Oh, hey. Err, want to come into my room?" 

Indiana nodded, "Sure." 

She stepped in his room. 

"You are so organised," she commented, taking a look around. 

"Haha, yeah. I just don't like things messy," Jonathan admitted. 

"Ah," Indiana said, pursing her lips.

Jonathan had just admitted he didn't like messy things. 

Meanwhile, there was Indiana, who thought to herself, 'He mustn't like me then, my entire life is messy.'

Indiana resisted the urge to snort. 

Jonathan went on to ask, "Have you had lunch yet?"

Before Indiana answered, her stomach grumbled. Her eyes widened, and she blushed. 

"Ah," Jonathan said. 

"Sorry, I skipped breakfast this morning," Indiana admitted, nibbling on her bottom lip. 

Jonathan peered worriedly at her, reasoning, "And you haven't eaten lunch either. Go eat lunch, why did you visit me? You could've eaten something beforehand at least."

Indiana agreed, "I know, but I came to tell you that I'm going on a walk with Alpha Xavier, Madeline and Briar tomorrow, so I might be a tad bit late for lunch." 

"Oh, alright then," Jonathan said. 

The two of them stood there in silence, waiting for the other to break it. No one had anything to say. Indiana felt like it was appropriate for her to announce that she was leaving and rush back to her room, but at the same time, she felt it was awkward that she had visited just to tell him that before leaving quickly after. 

'I know I declined Madeline and Briar's offer for lunch, but…' 

Breaking the silence, Indiana began, "By the way, care to grab lunch with me?" 

Jonathan blinked, surprised she was asking him out for yet another lunch. Sure, they had one planned for tomorrow but… Who was he to complain? He'd take any chance he could get to dine with Indiana. 

Could he confidently say that his feelings for her were growing with every moment he got to share with her? Yes, actually. 

Could he also confidently say that Indiana would never be so much as interested in him? Also yes. 

"Oh," Jonathan said aloud, hesitating for a bit before he finally answered Indiana's question, "Yeah, of course. I didn't have any plans and intended on eating lunch anyway, so… err, yeah." 

'And now I'm rambling,' Jonathan thought to himself, feeling a tad bit flustered. 

"Alright then," Indiana replied, wondering why he was acting strange. 

Tilting her head, she went on to ask him, "But, are you alright there?" 

"Mhm," Jonathan answered, nodding. 

That didn't seem to convince Indiana, but she went with it. 

"We should probably go and make up some lunch then huh," Jonathan reasoned. 

An idea came to Indiana's head. 

A mischievous grin crept up her face, prompting Jonathan to ask, "Why do I have the feeling you have something in mind?" 

"Well, you're right," Indiana confirmed, smiling. 

"Let's go, I have something in mind." 

Jonathan narrowed his eyes, sceptical of Indiana. Then, he decided to trust her. Why not? So long as he and her were careful, they wouldn't get into any trouble. Hopefully, at least. 

"Alright," he said. 

Indiana and him headed for the kitchen. Indiana checked the dining room, knowing Madeline and Briar were light eaters so there would be many food left over. Even if Xavier and Adrian had eaten, she doubted there wouldn't be anything left either. 

It was something she used to do when she was too lazy to bake or cook up anything. She would find the leftovers of others. 

Hmm, leftovers was an oversimplification. Some of the food was left untouched, so technically, they were the food that hadn't been eaten and not leftovers. 

Using her mind link with Jonathan, she told him about her plan. 

Sure, she could have just walked in casually and taken some food for herself, but that was no fun. Besides, if she was caught by another wolf, she would have been punished severely. And with what she had done in the past… 

She didn't want to make things awkward for tomorrow's walk. If she had been caught, who knew how'd Xavier react to it? 

He certainly didn't have a liking towards her. 

Did he even allow her to join them on the walk? 

Indiana figured that it was fully Madeline's decision to invite her and not Xavier's. 

'Alright, back to the plan,' Indiana reminded herself. 

She and Jonathan snuck in the dining room once Indiana had made sure no one was there, and that no one was watching the two of them. 

They exited the room successful in their plan, returning to Indiana's room to have lunch together. 

"Fist-bump," Indiana said to Jonathan, who fist-bumped her in return before they dug into their lunches. 

The rest of the day passed by quickly, and the next day at the very crack of dawn, the group gathered together. 

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Author's Note: So sorry for the delay to have access to the newest chapters, I added an extra five chapters to a privilege tier. Right, back to the story, and I hope you all are enjoying Chinese New Year/the first day of February!