The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0310

“I’m a public figure too,” I explain to Jackson, incredibly sorry, “and…my reputation, unfortunately, matters. If Luca has confirmed to the entire nation that I’m his mate, and then I’m stepping out with this super hot Alpha, kissing him in the streets? The press is going to tear me to pieces – call me unfaithful, say that I’ve betrayed Luca. No one will believe me that I have two mates – everyone will say that I’m a liar. And…I mean, as a political figure…I can’t be seen as a liar.‘

“Oh,” Jackson says, his eyes unfocusing as he looks away from me and starts to process this. “So…he claimed you first. So that I couldn’t.‘

“If he did it,” I say softly, needing that to be stated. Because, well, while it doesn’t look precisely good for Luca right now…I’m not willing to damn him without confronting him first and getting the truth from his own lips.

Still, Luca isn’t my priority in this moment.

are you!

about this,” I murmur, softly running my fingers through Jackson’s newly cropped hair, loving the way that it feels against my skin. I feel so much calmer than I did even half an hour ago

and it’s not only that I got a chance to process everything, but also because Jackson is here, holding me, being steady and warm as he always is.

him lightly on the shoulder. “I want you to feel how you feel!” Jackson laughs a little, his pretty blue eyes crinkling. “Okay, I just…I mean, I want to support you, Ariel. And I think that if he did this then it was

nod, grateful for his support, but I smack him again. “You’re dodging the question.” He laughs at me, smiling, and I can’t help but

leaning forward and gently pressing his forehead to mine. “But Ariel…for me? I…I don’t really care.”

that

I shake my head at him. “Jackson, this was a blow to you! He took a shot,

I just…I’m not wounded by this.

behind his neck. “I don’t get it. How does this not

breath, thinking for a moment before he speaks, trying to put words to his emotions, which I know is sometimes foreign to him. “If Luca did this, then he did it at least partially to piss me off, thinking that I’d get jealous. But I’m just not jealous of this sort of

me, looking a little worried that he won’t express

+ BONUS

him, encouraging.

Luca touch you. That’s difficult for me. And I did…” he growls a little, the sound

my lip, a little pleased, but