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."

thumb over my cheek one more time before he dips his head and kisses me softly. "Just... let me stick around too, okay? While you explore whatever this is with him? And...maybe don't kiss him

to your Blaze workouts?" he whispers. "As long as I'm not a distraction, and

having something that's

and then heaving a sigh as he pushes 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

unbelieving that this is...all coming together. That Luca not only

the two of us step inside. As one, everyone in the room turns to stare at

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

if there was

order to move to my side of the couch. "I'm Itablio, man, and a wolf. You know I can smell the presence of garlic bread from a mile away." Almost cheerfully, Luca reaches for

a wink as he slides my dinner over to me and my

all of our sake as I wrap some spaghetti around my fork and

he is very,