Crap! She doesn't know- or, he doesn't know that she knows and Alina is playing that perfectly btw. So perfect. YES, him going to her place seems like the better option, allowing him to find some way to spin his own world in to something less... horrible?

I mean, he doesn't really lie to her outright a lot, but he does spin the narrative to make himself look better.

HER PLACE and touching Mal, because 'omg! Scandalized' about it and also, yes. Insanely jealous. I mean, he picks a fist-fight just to show off, which was just his mistake, really.