After our discussion about the Eclipse wrapped up, we naturally drifted to the romance genre. It was as if talking about it was second nature for us both. He mentioned that he'd read the novel I'd recommended, which was a nice surprise.
I decided to steer the conversation in a new direction.
"Can I ask you something else? Something completely unrelated to romance or the Eclipse?"
"Sure thing," he responded.
"I don't want to air issues about someone who isn't here and hasn't given their consent for their problems to be discussed, but her situation is getting pretty messy."
"Okay, so what's this person's problem?" he asked.
"I'm not quite sure how to put this…" I said, then met his gaze. "You're currently in a relationship with someone, right? I've heard you're dating the Princess of the Bethlan Kingdom."
"That's right," he confirmed with a nod.
