Jean POV
I didn’t know exactly what a man like me was thinking when I left my house this early, on a workday, to Aria’s house. I took a sick leave for the first time that month even if I wasn’t sick, because I knew I couldn’t put this conversation aside anymore.
I knew Aria was at Knight’s, so it felt like the perfect opportunity to talk to Excelle about… well, everything. I felt bad keeping this away from Aria, but Excelle made sure I kept my mouth shut, and there was still the fact that I said some s**t to her that night, so I wanted to straighten things out before I told Aria.
So that was why I was pacing outside their door, trying to gather my balls before I knocked. Excelle was completely different from Aria, especially when it came to situations like this. If Aria was assertive a
