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Not only was Isaac in a great mood, he wasn’t hard on the eyes Tall and lean, with pale blue eyes and a mop of sandy blond hair, he was dressed in black slacks and a V-neck sweater His entire persona ca him seem less pretentious than most of the people around us

"And what do you think of the art?" I asked, skipping right over the bait he offered for htat this point

Isaac breathed out a whistle and stared at the piece in front of us "I think I like it, which is good since we’ll be doing a write up on it"

"Are you a writer?"

"Publisher I own Perry Media Group"

I recognized the name, which had somehow penetrated my tech bubble somewhere over the course ofto any nuhed a little on ht him smirk as he surveyed the room

"Tell me more about what you do I have to admit, I don’t know as much as I should about the social space these days, but it’s fascinating isn’t it?"

"It is," I agreed "There’s nothing quite like it I’y sort of blows your hair back soe to stay current, but that’s what I really love about it"

"You’re so young to be doing this"

He was buttering ue with souess so"

"On top of being a wouess I’h tech departroup with a little e eventually, all in good ti, I’ood at it"

He was officially enchanting, though I couldn’t i people like the diabolical Sophia

"You ers in the city then?" he said

"Not really, no"

"Oh , you should be They’re like the grass roots effort that gets all of the crearaces, you’ll be everywhere"

"I’ll definitely look into it Thanks for the tip," I said, clinking our plastic glasses together,to match his I wasn’t sure if it was the wine or just his sheer force of positive energy, but I felt better than I had all day

"What are you doing for dinner Saturday?" he asked His voice was estive tone I didn’t want to be wanted, but he didn’t know that yet "I’m sorry, I can’t--"

"Brunch on Sunday then I’d love to learn ure out a way to work together"

I hesitated The publisher of Perry Media Group wanted to discuss working together I couldn’t turn that down, noat me Dinner meant too much, implied too much, but brunch I could do

"That sounds doable," I said

We shared contact info, digitally penciling each other in

Alli joined us shortly thereafter and excused us so we could meet Heath for dinner We decided to walk, now that the sun had gone down, and Alli wasted no ti me for details