The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0323

And my heart sinks, thinking of the reality of that. Thinking that my sweet Jacks - he's really got no one in his life to hold him and coddle him and be his safety net. Well, almost no one.

"He's got us," I whisper, looking into my mom's eyes, which I know are precisely the same shade as mine. "Which...I mean, it isn't nothing, mom. We're formidable."

"It's true," she says, a slow grin coming over her face. "Pint sided, but formidable."

We both laugh again, and she strokes my cheek. "I love you so much baby," she whispers, "I just...I care a great deal about that boy already."

"Why?" I ask, a little curious.

doesn't even know how to ask for it? Come on, baby trouble," she murmurs, and I immediately put the pieces together - and I can't believe I didn't see it before. "Jackson's basically my

bed and wrapping my arms around her, putting my head down on her chest as she tugs me close. "You're so nice.

it's complicated, with Luca too. Just...try

job so far?" I ask, kind of terrified to hear

baby," she says, "this is all...for the future. Because I don't think it gets simpler for the three of you. I think...well, I think there are going to

kind of dreading it. And inwardly, I solidify my promise to be on Jackson's side, even when things get hard. Because mom's right - in

then reaches for my bedside table again, where she slides the drawer open and pulls something out. "Speaking of the future," she murmurs, putting a little green bottle into

at it. And then my eyes go wide when I realize what it is. "Oh," I say, a little...at a

wild carrot - I had blushed for days at the idea that mom still needed it. But when mom had finally confronted me on why I was

shameful about sex, Ariel, even if...well, if your mate

raised. God, it sure would be hard to pretend I'm a boy at Alpha Academy with a big pregnant belly to give me away. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access