I didn't have a response to that.
Aurora appeared between us with her arms full. "Okay. I'm trying these on." She looked between me and Addison. "Jace, stay here."
"Wasn't planning on going anywhere."
"I'm coming," Addison announced.
"You don't need to—"
"The backless dress needs a proper eye from behind, not just the front." Addison followed Aurora toward the fitting rooms without breaking stride. "Also I want to steal your opinion on the purple one."
"I told you, that purple one is wrong for you."
"And I told you I disagree."
Their voices faded as they disappeared behind the fitting room corridor. I stood in the middle of Rosalina's Secret between a silk nightgown display and a rack of robes, the only man in my immediate vicinity, looking like I'd accidentally wandered in from a different dimension.
A saleswoman materialized at my elbow. Young, professional, wearing the look of someone who'd watched a thousand uncomfortable boyfriends stand in exactly this spot.
