HER NIGHTFALL DESIRE

replied. "It

sed her fingers lightly across the hand holding his tea, and he looked up w

tell you anything," he earnestly obse

rough history together for a whole ei

ents. Then Isadora broke the silence. "So, you had some ques

here to start with his questions. Unfortunately,

asion," she answered. "Although mostly

failed to ask at the beginning of their conversation. But something in her response struck a chord

table. "People hold a special interest for me," she said.

y replied. "Was there something about the cl

upturned in a clever half-s

k a sip of his cooled tea. He was surprised how much he e

feeling much more confident moving f

iatively. "I'm glad to he

elated teaching techniques of new faculty at co

ing me then," he tease

all too aware of how cl

sed with fl

d. "Where are you from? What brought you

, like so many other men she had met over the years. But she knew a little more about him than the

od the nature of it. "But I'm being too nosy tonight," he m

shy, she mused. How very charming and uncomm

king. "May I ca

"Please do. It's not like you're my student anymore. N

nly one of us is a perso

less the city of Atlanta," she began. "As to where I come from, I'm a resident of the

a sudden realizatio

nship with his parents, so Joshua never got to know them. He wasn't even sure if they were living or how to get in touch with them. Ted had a brother named Brian, but Joshua had on

mily, but frowned with concern when he suddenly seem

ce turned a shade of crimson. "I've

out to grasp his right hand he'd placed before him. His f

ou," she insisted. "We'll learn more about

whole six months with Melanie, perhaps more than with any other woman he had dated. And it wasn't as though he didn't get alon

ted expression and offered,

e at her. "That's quaint.

untered, "Well, I'm a bit

he was actually sitting at a table with su

"I better get you back at a decent hour to get y

d and asked, "How did you

r an answer. That's what happens when you let your guar

innocently explained. "Wasn't there a wom

and his frown di

olutely no students actually do tha

while she inwardly smiled at her