Chapter 155: Opposition

'What do you think you are doing?', Roxy bit out as soon as they were out of earshot of Iris.

'What do you mean, what am I doing?' Alpha Adrian asked.

'You were virtually making a fool of yourself!' she spat.

' A fool of myself? When does finding one's mate mean making a fool of themselves?' he asked. 'I like your sister very much and I just found out that she is my fated mate!' he explained.

'She can't be your mate, Adrian!' Roxy snapped, afraid that her worst fears was about to come true.

'Why not?' he asked. 'I thought you would be happy for her because she is your sister and for me because I am your friend!'

'I can't be happy because... because I am in..', Roxy had been about to say more when his words sank in. Friend? friend! she thought wildly. She had been in love with Adrian ever since the first day her mother had taken her to meet his mother and he thought of her merely as a friend?

'Because you're what?' he prompted.

'Well, because I am ... indeed your friend!' she improvis