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drink?” I asked, realizing that’s probably where he’d been headed when he’d bumped into me.
    “Let’s get a table and I’ll send somebody for a couple more,” he said and hooked his hand under my elbow. He guided me through the crowded room to a darker corner near the side. There were several tables almost hidden behind the guest of honour area, they were decorated with gorgeous blue and white flowers and had huge swag bags at each seat.
    “Will this do?” he asked me and pulled my chair out. I picked up the bag and sat, as if in a trance.
    “It’s awesome,” Chloe said, “I didn’t even realize these tables were here.”
    “This is the VIP area,” Isaac replied and took the chair next to mine. Chloe sat on the other side of him.
    “We should have gotten these with our VIP tickets,” she moaned and looked around. Several other models and publishers were located in this zone, along with a few very well known authors.
    “I think they mean the V VIPs,” I said, hoping she’d get my meaning. She did and leaned in toward Isaac instead of gawking at the other models. I guess the one man who was interested in her best friend was infinitely more interesting than any of the others.
    “I think I’m pretty V,” she said, then blinked and added, “no, wait, I mean I’m very I. I’m such a goof sometimes.” She flipped her luscious blonde hair from side to side and wiggled a little in her seat.
    He didn’t even look at her. I took a long drink and watched him watching me. It really was surreal, he was so perfect and I was so imperfect, but somehow we had a crazy chemistry.
    It made me nervous though. He made me nervous. His bodyguards hovering just a few feet away made me nervous. Hell, Chloe’s snarky attitude was making me nervous at this point.
    He cleared his throat and said, “So I guess you get tired of models and guys like me trying to pick you up at events like this.”
    Chloe snorted behind him and I shot her a dark glare. “Actually, no,” I said, “I’m generally a little too…”
    “Nerdy. Shy. Geeky,” Chloe said from over his shoulder, “shall I go on?”
    “Let her talk,” Isaac said and swivelled around to look at her when he added, “maybe you should go get us all a drink. I don’t have anything and Aubrey’s halfway through hers.”
    He might as well have flicked her on the shoulder and told her to go make herself useful. I grinned like mad at her and she shot me daggers. When he turned back around to talk, I wiped the grin off my face and said, “As I was saying, no. I tend to be pretty reserved I guess, and not exactly a huge guy magnet.”
    “I find that so hard to believe,” he said and reached up to graze his thumb across my cheek. My skin burned under his touch.
    “Another eyelash?” I asked and took another drink.
    “No, I just wanted to touch you,” he replied and smiled.
    I sipped my drink and tried my best not to fall a little farther, but with those intense eyes and that amazing smile, it was difficult at best.
    When it came to resisting Isaac James, I was turning out to be a colossal failure.
     

Chapter Six
     
    “I got you another one,” Chloe said, perfectly timing her return to ruin our strange and intimate moment.
    I took what appeared to be another vodka and cranberry from her and finished off the previous one. For somebody who wasn’t used to drinking, I was holding my own. I thought.
    “Where are you from?” Isaac asked and took a drink of his own. A gin and tonic, Chloe had announced, she’d discovered while researching him online.
    “I was born in Belgium,” I said, “My parents were living there at the time.”
    “Oh wow, Europe, how exotic,” he laughed, “how old were you when you came to Seattle?”
    “We moved to Texas first, Houston, then came here when I was eight.”
    “Do you have brothers or sisters?”
    “Nope, I was an only child,” I replied. I inwardly cringed, knowing where this was going. Some comment or question