He was more attractive than he had been from across the room. She realized, then, that she had not had such school-girlish feelings for a man in quite some time, and the feeling left her bewildered and scared.
“You don‟t need to apologize,” he said softly. “It happens all the time. Believe me, I know.”
He seemed to genuinely understand. Leah smiled up at
him and paused. “Would you like to have lunch with me some time?” she asked forwardly.
He looked taken aback. Then he answered, “Well, of course. I‟d love to.”
They ate at a trendy restaurant downtown during office hours. They engaged in lively conversation, stumbling over each other‟s words, laughing at their own mistakes.
He invited her over to his house afterwards and she accepted. When she got through the door, she gasped at the
