The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0358

"I missed you," he murmurs, holding me close and falling back against the wall next to the door.

I grin at him in the dark of the room, my face very close to his, my feet nowhere near the ground. God, I love how he always picks me up. I don't know why it's not like he carries me anywhere or it does any productive good. I just...love it. "You did?" I whisper, delighted.

"I always miss you," he murmurs, leaning forward a little to nudge my nose with his.

"Oh yeah?" I say, sighing a little. "Even like, when I'm in the same room?"

Jackson just frowns at me like I'm crazy. "No, Ariel, that's ridiculous."

I burst out laughing, tilting my head back on my neck.

can feel him grinning - feel it down the bond, feel it in the way that his chest rumbles. "Why would I miss you when you're still in

back up to look into his shining eyes. "It's

dumb," he says, sighing happily and staring into my face, searching it

you're in the room, I'm glad you're there. I

I'm here?" I

loving the feeling of his lips on mine, the way he kisses me languidly, like he has all damn night to do it.

breaks away, loosing a long breath. In

the distance between us, wanting him to kiss me

um..." he clears his throat and quietly starts to lower me to the ground. I squeak in protest, bending my knees

chest, right where I want to be. "Your parents were right," he murmurs, taking a deep breath and

at him, not liking that he ended our kiss

me seriously, shaking his head slightly. "It is..difficult, to

him wide-eyed, like