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.

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 an absolutely horrible thing to

He laughs at me, smiling, and I can’t help but grin

murmurs, leaning forward and gently pressing his

that

Jackson grins, pulling me tighter, liking that sound. And I lift my arms, wrapping them around his neck as I shake my head at him. “Jackson, this was a

Ariel. I just…I’m not wounded by this. It’s not something that’s

a little and letting my fingers lace together behind his neck. “I don’t get it.

a moment before he speaks, trying to put words to his emotions, which I know is sometimes foreign to him. “If Luca did this,

his eyes back to me, looking a little worried that he won’t express himself clearly. I

+ BONUS

to him, encouraging.

difficult for me. And I did…” he growls a little, the sound rumbling in his chest, and I can’t help but smile, “I

my lip, a little pleased, but he moves on.