The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0320

After a moment Luca starts to laugh with me before he takes a deep breath and nods. "Fucking fight," he murmurs, running an anxious hand through his hair. "I have so much to do."

"I know," I say, resting my head on his shoulder. "But I don't want your mind on me at all, okay? Put all of this out of your head and concentrate on what you have to do. I'll be there, tonight, in the box. Just like I promised."

"Are you sure?" he asks, tentative - because he knows that there will be eyes on me now that this article is out - way more than there were before.

"Royal box," I whisper. "Dead center. I'll be right there, nowhere else."

"You're not just saying that you're not mad so that I won't worry about it?" He whispers, and I grin at him, shaking my head a little because he's overthinking it.

"You didn't do anything bad to me, Luc," I say, pressing another kiss to his mouth. "So, I've got nothing to be mad about. We're good. You just concentrate on the fight - bring me home a pretty new belt to add to my accessories."

kiss him back for a good long time, not letting my own emotions travel to him, because I'm still mad as hell at his uncle and frankly a little sorry for Luca. And he doesn't need to know that

funny and charming and charismatic. But he's had someone behind him controlling a great deal of his life, hasn't he? And every part of me can see how a teenage Luca - so angry, so driven by his emotions - needed that control. Bruce and Luca

a man who has told his nephew that his only worth is in his ability to get into a ring and beat the

I can talk about

fingers through

his face back to mine, "five

laugh,

"Two!"

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to the door, and we kiss one last time before I leave him there and hop cheerfully down the stairs. He sends a warm pulse of affection after me, and I send

I grin to see that basically all the cake has been eaten, and that

Jesse says, pointing at his image insistently. "Duke