After figuring out the puzzle to your dad’s book you sat with yourself in silence before someone knocks. You startle, then quickly lock the book and shove it under your pillow before crossing to the door and opening it. Xaden stands at the threshold, his hands gripping the frame on both sides his flight jacket unbuttoned, and his head bowed. “Did. You. Love, Him?" Xaden his head and pins you with a look that borders on feral i have to know can handle it. But I have to know”

oh, for Amari's sake. Now he must understand how you felt meeting his ex. you grab the lapels of his fight jacket and yank him into your room, and he shuts the door behind him. With a click that tells you he's locked it.