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

at Jackson, his arms

a calm shrug. “I was

to pour Jackson

“Sure,”

to take it from

nonsense!? Are we all just going to pretend that McClintock and I didn’t try to kill each other last night? That we’re not going to

to kill you,” Jackson says evenly, taking a calm sip of his coffee. I blink at him, a little surprised, wondering

who stormed out of here last night. “Are you going to

Then Luca grits his teeth, storming over to Jackson. Rafe grabs the back

back at him. “This,

going to go from two mates to none if they

lightly, but we both just watch as

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