The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0964

"Oh, come on, Luc," I say, laughing a little, delighted at the shock on his face. "Of my three mates, you were never the one who I thought needed the 'where do babies come from' chat -"

"Who the hell was he sleeping with!?" Luca whispers, shocked, still staring up at Jackson and his little girl in the window. Luca runs a mystified hand through his hair. "He's such - he's so awkward - how did he get a girl -"

"He's also insanely hot," I point out, raising my brows at him. "I don't think it's very hard for him."

Luca scowls a little, snapping his eyes back to mine. "He's not that good looking."

I just lift a hand to tap at the magazines still pressed to my chest. "The people are with me on this one, Luca. Jackson's a babe."

Luca ignores this very valid point. "Is that - is that like his biological kid!? Or did he just like, snag one off the street -"

"Please, he's not my mom," I say, rolling my eyes. "She's his! That's his daughter, Marigold. She's great!"

Luca's eyes flash back to me. "She's great!?"

an eyebrow at him, challenging him to try that

sure...she's a great kid," Luca says, shaking his head as if to clear it. "But Ariel, you can't tell

I scoff, kind of appalled at his

me like I'm a

start to get mad. "What did you expect I'd do, just kick him out the door at the first big

crossing his arms, standing up to his full height. "You shouldn't have to raise someone else's kid just because Jackson made some kind

simmer in my heart. "Is you thinking that it won't be the honor of my life to raise

serious - you deserve your own family without these complications!" He shakes his head, pressing a hand to his chest. "Come with me - you want

to the side, ironic. "If

back to Atalaxia and take Gabriel up on the same offer? Be his Queen and have a whole bunch of Princes and

he realizes that his offer to me

here is that I don't understand my options, Luca," I say, stepping towards him and tilting my chin up as I hold his gaze. "Then you're very mistaken. I choose Jackson. I choose

up to the window, where I can feel Jackson still