The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 76

I lean forward, wanting to kiss him very much again, but suddenly his words register fully. with me and I give a little squeak, sitting up straight.

“What?” Luca asks, suddenly concerned.

“Wait,” I say, looking at him askance as I let my knees fall on either side of his waist, straddling him with my hands on his chest. “Precisely how slutty were you, Luca Grant?”

He grins up at me, broad and happy. “What answer do you want, Ariel? The truth, or the one that’s going to make you want to kiss me again?”

“The truth,” I growl, giving him a little smack on the chest.

“Do that again,” he murmurs, one hand slipping to my back and pressing me forward a little bit, “I liked that.”

“Pay attention, boy,” I command, pointing a finger into his face, though I lean forward a little more. “Now, spill.”

Luca shrugs, noncommittal, laying casually back on the magical dream bed and letting his hands rest on my thighs. “I have not been a very chaste man, Ariel. If a girl and I liked each other, and we wanted to, I didn’t hold back. Does that upset you?”

I tilt my head to the side for a second, balancing my jealousy with my common sense. “Well, no,” I say, my words slow and measured. “But, how many girls were there?”

“That I’ve kissed? Or that I’ve slept with? Because those are very different numbers –”

My mouth falls open in shock as I stare at him, and he grins at me again, clearly y amused. “You’re very sweet,” he murmurs, his hands starting to rub distracting circles on my thighs.

“Slept with, then,” I say, through my teeth, doing my best to not get distracted by the way. his hands feel on my legs.

Luca’s grin deepens. “Somewhere around fifty?” he says, giving another one of those too- casual shrugs.

by a shocked

his hands pausing on my thighs and taking hold there, like he’d stop me if I tried

hussy!” I gasp, raising my hand before I think about what I’m doing and smacking him

bursts out laughing at this as I raise my hand again.

but before it can connect Luca’s moving, sitting up as he grabs my wrist out of the air, his movement shifting me back at little so that I’m sitting in his lap with his other hand tight against the small of my back so I

use.” And then, almost as if to prove his point, Luca uses the hand pressed to the small of my back to press me tighter into his lap, grinding against me in a way that lets me feel all of him. At the same time, he leans in and presses his lips to the soft skin of my

And in combination…

heat bloom in my core. My eyes flutter shut as Luca delivers a long, slow lick to my throat, and I find my hips moving on their own, wanting to press tighter against

the skin of my neck.

sigh, as I raise my head and take his face in my hands. Because as much as I definitely want to keep going, want to keep experimenting, this is definitely a

inviting my

to hurt his feelings, “how can you have slept with fifty

grins, like it wasn’t difficult at all, and I laugh a little,

back at him.

be just a little more serious. “I mean…” I blush

as he tightens his arm around my waist, pulling me close. “I’ve had serious relationships, Ariel. But the majority of them…no, I didn’t love them. But sex it’s not always about love.”

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made sure I know everything I need to

the personal side of it? The sort

are just as naïve as

I

their cover. I scowl, a little, thinking about it, and Luca grins at me, lifting a hand and brushing his thumb over my frowning lip like he

is just about two people who are attracted to each other getting naked and doing really weird things

feel his body vibrating against mine. “Luca!” I gasp. “That is the least romantic thing I’ve ever heard!”