The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0249

To my surprise, Jackson makes absolutely no move to put me down. Instead, he just looks at Luca evenly for a second. “Your girlfriend?” he asks, the words low and light with disbelief. He hums consideringly and then turns his face back up to mine. “What do you think, Clark?” he murmurs, nodding over to where Luca stands, not bothering to look his way. “That your boyfriend over there?”

I can’t help it then, loving the assurance in his voice, the calm way he dismisses Luca’s jealousy. A slow, happy smile spreads over my lips as I stare down at him, not saying a single word regarding whether Luca’s my boyfriend or not.

Because honestly, I don’t know.

But Jackson’s right – Luca doesn’t get to boss him around on this, does he?

“Didn’t think so,” Jackson murmurs, low enough that maybe only I hear him. But then he grins at me and lowers me to the floor as Luca strides to my side, grabbing my hand.

“Okay, okay,” Rafe says, stepping forward with a sigh. “Clearly, clearly we need some ground rules here.”

And I sigh, glancing up at both of my mates, before crossing the room to Rafe’s side.

straight and I might need some physical distance from them

Luca growls at Jackson, his arms

for breakfast,” Jackson says, giving a calm shrug. “I was invited.” He glances at Jesse now, who

to pour Jackson a

“Sure,”

says, crossing the room to take

to pretend that McClintock and I didn’t try to kill each other last night? That we’re not going to do

taking a calm sip of his coffee. I blink at him, a little surprised, wondering where

a very different Jackson than the grief–stricken wolf who stormed out of here last night. “Are you going to kill me?

grits his teeth, storming over to Jackson. Rafe grabs the back of my shirt, not letting me go to them, knowing that my first instinct is to stand between

when I look back at

“I’m going to go from two mates to

but we both just watch

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