The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0893

"I – what?" Jackson sputters out, looking between all of us. "What beans?"

"I explicitly asked you not to, Jacks!" Jesse says, appalled. “As a favor to your best friend!"

"I didn't spill any beans! I didn't even have any beans!"

"I still maintain that I am his best friend," Rafe murmurs, looking smugly up at the ceiling.

"It's a turn of phrase, Jacks!" Jesse continues, ignoring Rafe and pointing an accusatory finger at Jackson. "It means you told her what I told you about the Underworld!"

Jackson gasps, satisfyingly scandalized, and steps back a little to glare at me, his hands still on my shoulders. "Ariel! I did not!"

"He told me a little bit," I say, smirking at Jesse.

"Jackson!" Jesse gasps again, smacking his hand to his chest, the picture of betrayal.

"I hate this," Jackson groans, tiling his head back in agony and closing his eyes. "Can we go back to the desert? This is so much - there are so many people here, and every other word is some kind of verbal trap - "

is your family, Jackson," I say, grinning at him, kind of delighting in his torture. "How dare

dashing over to wrap her arms around Jackson's leg and smile

down

Ariel, because seriously – that was a secret!

all right,"

big glass of white wine her hands, pressing them towards Jackson and I. "Let him go, Fifs Puppy and cousin are going to go clean up, because they're all bloody and gross," she grins between us and we laugh. "And then

from her grip as we take our drinks and turn towards the

this is done," I say, narrowing my eyes at Jesse. "I want

and Jesse gasp, pretending to be scandalized

"Almost cry," Jackson grumbles,

warning at

wrapping an arm around my waist and tugging me

Ariel, why do

to cause so

ask, grinning up into his face and then bursting

realizes that he walked right into