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.

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

protest, laughing, pulling my head back up to look into his

dumb," he says, sighing happily and staring into

I'm glad you're there. I can't miss you in the same

I'm

the 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 skin feels hot under my hands as I let them

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

closing the distance between us, wanting him

me to the ground. I squeak in protest, bending my knees so that my feet lift far from the floor, so

out laughing again and straightens up, and I grin with pleasure when I'm pressed again against his chest, right where I

I frown at him, not liking that

looking at me seriously, shaking his head slightly. "It is..difficult, to not let

wide-eyed, like that's kind of