The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0655

Jesse grabs another taco off the table, clearly not having as much of a problem with appetite as I am having. "All right, Tones, spill."

Tony sighs, and begins again. "I spent hours in that club cleaning up after Luca, collecting his shitty tips. So, imagine my surprise a few weeks ago when he shows up next to you outside my meeting with your parents and introduces himself for the first time. As if we've never met. Although it's not like I should be surprised - he never said a word to me or spared me a second glance." "But you..." I frown, trying to remember that moment when Tony and Luca met. "You didn't say you knew him - you said something about it being a big morning for meeting celebrities. Or something like that. And then said it was nice to meet him."

"Yeah," Tony says with a shrug. "What was I supposed to do, be like, 'Remember me? I served you a thousand gin-and-tonics and watched you use the same lines on about a thousand different girls all summer?' Plus, his mate's parents were in the room behind me," he shrugs. "I wasn't going to pick a fight."

"Just saved that," Jesse says, grinning at him. "For a later time."

"Nah, I don't need to pick a fight with Luca Grant," Tony says, settling back against the chair. "That guy's going to dig his own grave."

I frown at Tony, not fully sure I like where this is going.

right, Tony, lets pick up the pace," he murmurs, snapping his fingers a bit. "What are the details Ari needs to know.

- and that type is nice, pretty, sensitive girls from good families who have been raised to have empathy and believe

imagine his luck," Jesse murmurs, turning his eyes to me. "When the Goddess blesses him

you're all going too far,"

three of them each a dirty look. "There's nothing wrong with liking nice girls - and I'm not going to hold his previous dating habits against him? What he did before he met me is Luca's business - and he's made a lot of progress

Ben says, pursing his lips

says, turning to me. "What's all this bullshit he's pulling, Ari? Not coming to dinner tonight when we all know it's

me and I flush, not liking how right he is. But is that manipulation? Or...is Luca just dealing with his own

Jesse asks, sitting

briefly summarizing the story of Luca getting distracted by three fans while he should have