"You're not the worst boyfriend ever," she says, rolling her eyes a little. "Trust me." Isabelle has dated some assholes in her time, not the least of which had been a certain Seelie. She knows for a fact that Alec would count Billy as her best choice in boyfriends to date, and Isabelle would agree with him.

Isabelle listens to him start his sentence again and again, but it doesn't take her long to catch on. The way he trails off tells her more than anything, so does the embarrassed look on his face. "It's okay," she tells him, pressing a kiss to his temple, "there will be another time. Next time we don't eat fish tacos first, lesson learned."