The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0176

“You’re coming home, son,” Cora says, crossing her arms and glaring at her eldest child. ” Because if I let you stay here, you’ll drink yourself silly with your cousins and then be

useless to me in the morning.”

“Mom!” Jesse begs, sending an anxious glance towards Daphne, who pretends not to notice the whole conversation.

“Jesse,” Roger says, his hands on his hips, his voice low and dangerous. “Get in line. Your mom wants you home, so you’re coming home. If it were up to me I’d leave you here, because you always rile the small ones into rebellion, telling them all sorts of nonsense about free will –”

“They deserve to know the truth!” Jesse protests.

“But your mother wants you home. So?” Roger points emphatically to the front of the line.

Daphne, to her credit, does her very best to suppress her smile and pretend that she’s incredibly interested in the trim that adorns the bottom of dad’s armchair. Ben has no such grace and watches eagerly, laughing. But Jesse, realizing that he’s lost this battle, just groans and pushes himself to his feet, slumping to the front of the line.

Jesse on the head. Jesse just

Roger whistles again and each of my six cousins straightens their shoulders, standing at attention, and then – at their

with which her kids are swept out into the hall. “Love you, see you tomorrow or the next day or

shocked faces that I realize how weird it is. I burst out laughing myself, because I mean I’m just so used to the way that Cora and Roger handle their wild pack of kids that I don’t even notice

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guys are such a weird family,” Ben sighs, pulling himself up into Roger and Cora’s abandoned chair. “I love it.” Daphne

his feet. “Daphne?” He raises

Mom says, getting to her feet herself.

gasps. “Mom, it’s our first night home, we’re

are!” she says, giving him a super sweet

protests, throwing out

making dad laugh. “And if I don’t stay up to supervise you, Cora is right – you’ll drink yourselves silly and be all useless tomorrow.

looking around with embarrassment. “You can’t just make everyone go to bed because you’re

getting to his feet. I sit up straight in surprise.