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!?"

eyebrow at him, challenging him to

says, shaking his head as if to clear it. "But Ariel, you can't tell

I scoff, kind

he says, taking a step closer, shaking his head at me like I'm a little crazy. "Now Jackson's what, a

expect I'd do, just kick him out the door at the first big challenge? I

full height. "You shouldn't have to raise

low, my magic beginning to simmer in my heart. "Is you

glare stops him before he touches me and his arms fall to his sides. Still, he persists, holding my gaze steadily. "I'm serious - you deserve your own family without these complications!" He shakes his head, pressing a hand to his chest. "Come with me - you want

head to the side, ironic. "If I want

on the same offer? Be his Queen and have a whole bunch of Princes and Princesses with pretty black hair

his offer to me is

Luca," I say, stepping towards him and tilting my chin up as I hold his gaze. "Then you're very

solidly up to the window, where I can feel Jackson