"He's just a friend! That's why I didn't tell you. I like spending time with him and yeah - we have sex but I'm not in love with him!" Jace said, his agitation causing the slight accent that came from growing up overseas to show up more plainly in his voice than it normally did. He took a deep breath, closing his eyes and leaning forward as he tried to calm down. Alec had a right to be mad at him over this - he should have told him before now but he hadn't. He should have told him long before now.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled it's just..." He looked up at him. "I don't want you to go back to Magnus. I don't want this...relationship we're in with each other and Mark to stop," he said, his words coming out quiet but not calm. The mask he'd been keeping up almost non stop since coming to Daytona was gone. Not just slipped to show a little bit of what he was feeling but gone leaving everything bare.