The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0511

"It's okay," he murmurs back. "What I want is...not the most important thing. I just...feel like I'm losing you, Ariel."

"What?" I gasp, whipping my head up to look at him.

He shakes his head sorrowfully at me, raising a hand to trace his thumb across my cheek. "I don't want you to feel bad. I probably shouldn't have said anything -"

"Of course you should, Luca," I whisper, my eyes filling with tears. "You're allowed to have your emotions too - and I want to hear them -"

He just shakes his head again, his mouth a determined line. "You're growing closer to him. I guess I...didn't think that would happen - thought that when you spent time with him you'd realize he's dull as a brick and then come running back to me. But...he's not, and you're not. And it's just...terrifying to me. I don't want to lose you, Ari."

"You're not losing me," I whisper, pressing myself closer to him, looking desperately up into his face. "I'm right here."

kisses me softly. "Just... let me stick around too, okay? While you explore whatever this is with him? And...maybe don't kiss him in front of me?" "You got it, Luca," I say, starting to smile a

maybe I could...come to your Blaze workouts?" he whispers. "As

having something that's just for Luca and

up from the wall, taking me with him so that we're both standing straight, holding each other tight. "Come on, Shrimp," he says with a sigh, loosening his grip on me but keeping on arm around my shoulder as he turns towards the door. "Let's go have dinner with your

kind of unbelieving that this is...all coming together. That Luca not only didn't

shoulder as the two of us step inside. As one,

always, breaks the silence by pointing sharply at Rafe. "I stopped him from eating your

"They never even would have known that there was garlic bread if there was none left

Itablio, man, and a wolf. You know I can smell

slides my dinner over to me and my stomach growls audibly as I

his voice booming out in the room a little, apparently forcing the conversation on for all of our sake as I wrap some spaghetti around

little, realizing that he is