The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy novel Chapter 989

I can’t help it. I just get incredibly jealous.

“Tell me,” Jackson urges, feeling the shift in my emotions, tightening his arms around me.

“I just want to do that,” I say, laughing a little, shaking my head, feeling petulant. “It sounds so cool, and important, and…vivid. I want to do that work, Jacks. I want to help.”

He nods, humming his understanding, letting me have the space to speak.

“I just…Jacks, I don’t know if I’m going to be a very normal kind of mom,” I say quietly, worried about it. “I don’t think I can do it.”

“What’s a normal mom?” Jackson asks, genuinely curious.

“Like my mom,” I say quietly. “Dedicated to raising the kids and keeping the family together. Letting the man in the house take charge.”

“She does more than that.”

“I know,” I say on a sigh. “But…mom and dad fall into some really normal gender roles. It works for them. Family has always come first for mom – she loves it.”

“You don’t think you’ll love it?”

“I think I will,” I say quietly, looking out the window at our vast and beautiful country. “But I love other things too. I think I’m more like my dad. I think I want and need to have more balance. Are you okay with that?”

“Of course I’m okay with that.” Jackson gives me a warm little nudge with his nose, letting me know that he means it. “If it helps, I don’t think I’m going to be a normal dad either. Mostly because I have no idea what that entails.”

I laugh, turning to him, smiling up into his face. “You’re going to do great, Jacks.”

“So are you, Ariel.”

I cuddle closer, pressing a kiss to his jaw.