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.

way that his chest rumbles. "Why would I miss you when you're still

back up to look into his shining

happily and staring

glad you're there. I can't miss

glad I'm here?" I

daylights cut of me. I moan a little, loving the feeling of his lips on mine, the way he kisses me languidly, like he has all damn night to do it. I love the way his hands tighten against the silk of my dress, the way his

then breaks away, loosing a long breath. In that, I can feel that he's working

between us, wanting him to kiss me

in protest, bending my knees so that my feet lift far from the floor,

straightens up, and I grin with pleasure when I'm pressed again against his chest, right where I want to be. "Your parents were right," he murmurs,

to put me down?" I frown at him, not liking that he ended

at me seriously, shaking his head slightly. "It is..difficult, to not let myself get carried away with you,

like that's