Chapter 0286

“Children!?” I gasp, “who else is out?” I peer back over my shoulder at my mom as I head down the stairs.

“None of your business,” mom says, very lofty, giving me a secretive smirk. “I’m not going to rat on my own children, after all.”

“Is it Rafe!?” I ask, eager and a little scandalized, glancing back at Jackson too, who listens

with interest.

“Not my meatball!” mom says, laughing and continuing to escort us down. “My perfect little meatball, who’s never done anything wrong in his entire life!?”

“It was Rafe,” Jackson murmurs to me with a wink, pressing a hand to the small of my back as we get to the bottom of the stairs and mom walks ahead. “Your mom put me in his room, like she put Daphne in yours, but he snuck out even before I did.”

“Rafe,” I sigh, shaking my head. “God, I wonder where he went…”

I look up at Jackson curiously, wondering if he knows.

But, dead serious, Jackson just shakes his head at me. “Even if I knew,” he says, his voice low with the gravity of his charge, “I wouldn’t tell. I have been sworn to secrecy, and I take my charge quite seriously.”

I scowl at him, mumbling discontentedly about how mates aren’t supposed to have secrets from each other, but he just laughs like that’s quite rich coming from me.

I laugh too, realizing

cast my eyes over Daphne, I see that she’s wearing

I think they need to be for a girl deep

don’t say anything, letting my friend keep her secrets. I just climb into bed, pulling my blankets

Daphne keep her secrets ends, however,

rubbing her eye as she grins at me.”

bad little princess last night,

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her gall, but I snap it shut

on my stomach as I grin at her. I perch my chin on my hand. “Do you really want to have a chat about who was

and flops back on her pillow, covering her face. “Wait, how

I say, exaggerating obviously but enjoying the way that she shakes her head in complete disbelief. “Sooo, Jackson and I took the roof. Where did

at me. “We sat on the counter and had cake. It

you kiss?” I ask, eager,

it wasn’t like that. It was just…” she sighs and covers her

get?” I ask, twisting

brother, Ari!” she says, laughing and turning her

a pillow at her before jumping out of bed. I move to

to share.

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