Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

Chapter 267 - A Friend From The Past - II

"How long?" She groaned, once again growing tired of walking. The slight drizzle had only lasted half of the taxi ride to her house and now it was just cloudy but they seemed to be moving as well. 

Xavier glanced at his watch, "I would not lie, it is still going to be an hour and a half more. Would you like to have a taxi now?" 

She frowned and her head snapped to him. " Wait, we have the option of taking a taxi? You have the money?" 

He nodded, making her furious that ever. 

"Xavier, we have been walking for more than half an hour and you're telling me that we had the money for a taxi all along?!" She shrieked at him. Her face twisted into a painful expression expressing the pain she felt in her knees and feet or just her entire body. 

He smirked. "First of all, it has not been half an hour, merely 10 to 15 minutes that we have been walking. And second, I did ask you right outside the house but you refused." 

Her eyebrows shot up for a quick second before she started walking ahead without muttering a word. The moment she saw the empty taxi she was going to throw herself inside it. 

Thankfully the moment did not come after much time. Taxes were common in the saviour because people used to take them to come home. 

Xavier conveyed the destination and Adaline did not recognise the place at all even though she had lived here after the death of her father and almost all her life. 

They stopped outside a paak and Xavier paid the driver as the first thing before getting out with her. 

"Here?" Adeline dramatically waved her hands in front of the park. "Xavier, how are we supposed to go and vanish into a portal with children playing and everyone just watching and walking around the park?!" 

Listening to her scream at him while the others watched as if it was a cartoon show he leaned into her ear, "You might want to turn it down. If one going into the portal is not creepy enough then you talking about it is." 

She shut up at that, suddenly aware of the attention they were getting. 

"Hey? Adeline?" 

A familiar yet unknown voice called Adaline and she looked into direction only to find a friend of long ago standing there waving his hand at her. 

"James?" She muttered staring at the boy dressed in neon and unique colours waving at her with all his might. "James. . ." She muttered more to herself. 

Of course, out of everyone she knew in the town, she had to meet her BFF and the one with the loudest mouth. 

She nevertheless waved back, "Hi!" She grinned at him as he started coming closer.

"My baby!" He charged at her with a war cry. 

"Baby?" Xavier repeated. "What the hell does that mean? You dated him? This freaky shit with neon colours." 

Adeline bite back her grin, "You will see." She said James came closer and hugged her with all his might. Adeline returned the bear hug with her own. 

"How are you?" She muttered into the hug. 

"Good," he answered and pulled back, "you look different though." James stared at her a little more before saying, "A good change it is." 

She huffed out a laugh. That was a very good description and an elaborate way to describe someone. 

"Oh my," James looked at Xavier, "My, my, my. Gay?" 

"No!" Xavier did not look disgusted but surprised at what James asked. 

"Really?" James huffed. "Fine, then. Bi?" 

"No." Xavier said firmly. "I am straight as—"

"Your penis?" James wiggled his eyebrows. "I don't think I can agree with this statement until I see and . . . check." 

Xavier stared at the boy in visible horror. What the fuck? 

Adeline giggled. "Stop it. You are practically harassing him JJ." She placed her hand on Xavier's arm. "This is Xavier Rivera, my boyfriend." 

He reached over and removed her hand from his arm and replaced it by his hand. This felt nice. 

James clapped his hands repeatedly and jumped up, not giving a damn about people watching him. "That's great. I need to get to know you! I never saw you in school again and when I asked around they said that you shifted to Canada with your aunt! We have to hangout!" 

Adeline licked her lip and considered the offer given to her. She glanced at the park where she knew the portal was. It was filled with children who were jumping around and concerned parents watching their children very carefully. If two people vanished with the gust of wind taking them away it was going to be highly suspicious. 

People would go bonkers. 

She looked at Xavier and then pointed to the park filled with people. For now that best option was to pass the time with lots of food and drinks. 

He nodded hesitantly. If the news was that she had shifted to Canada with her aunt and it was forever and this was probably the last time that Adeline was visiting. The news of their deaths would come soon. 

"Do you have a food establishment nearby?" Xavier asked James. "We could go somewhere nearby." 

James nodded, "There's a Burger King nearby. It is not even a five minute walk from here." 

Xavier did not let go of Adaline's hand during the entire walk. Even when they reached inside this establishment he made Adeline inside the booth and sat outside keeping an eye on everyone. 

"So what are you going to have?" James asked when the loud clap of his hands. "It is my treat. But if you insist, you can buy ice cream." 

Adeline chuckled. No one had even opened their mouths to insist on anything but she nodded, accepting the offer and conveying the order of what she wanted to eat. Xavier did the same. 

"Everything okay?" Adeline asked Xavier once James was gone. 

"Yes," he nodded to her immediately, "yes.." At least he thought so.