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.

again, accompanied by a shocked huff of air.

on my thighs and taking hold there, like he’d stop me

I think about what I’m doing and

laughing at this as

again, “like you can’t even be bothered to remember some of them!?” My hand falls, aiming for the same place, 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

murmurs, his voice honestly a little delighted at my outrage. “just think of it as my…education, which I can now put to good use.” And then, almost as if to prove his point, Luca uses the hand pressed to the small of my

And in combination…

feel a 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

he murmurs, his lips still against the skin of my neck. “It’s not all so

take his face in my hands. Because as much as

hums, inviting my question.

to hurt his feelings, “how can you have slept

at all, and I laugh a

back at him.

I say, looping my arms around his neck and forcing myself to pout a little, wanting him to be just a little more serious. “I mean…” I blush lightly, because I know I’m going to sound naive but…well, I want to know. “You can’t have loved them all. Did you

arm around my waist, pulling me close. “I’ve had serious relationships,

—

anyone to talk to about this sort of stuff. My mom made sure I know everything I need to know about the mechanics of sex and babies, and I know that I could always

thing, the personal side of it? The sort of thing you talk to your friends. about?

just as naïve as me.

I thought they were

grins at me, lifting a hand and brushing his thumb over my frowning lip like

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

neck. Luca laughs with me, I can feel his body vibrating