Tango & Lace by Misty Dietz

Author:Misty Dietz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

A blinding shaft of sunlight seared Jack’s eyes when they snapped open. He hissed and shot up, banging his head on the swing-arm lamp hanging over the ancient sofa in the corner of his office. He swore foully as the polite knocking on his door continued. Couldn’t be Mya because there was no such thing as a locked door to her. She would have either sweet-talked a maintenance man to unlock it for her, or more likely, would have picked the lock herself by now.

He swung his legs to the edge of the navy blue plaid sofa and reached for his glasses. “Coming. I’m coming,” he muttered, glancing at his watch, then blanching at the time. Nine-forty-nine. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d slept so late.

Couldn’t be because he’d been up half the night with a raging hard on, berating himself for walking away from Mya’s passionate embrace, now could it? His head pounded, but that was apropos with his relentless dick. Might as well have a matching set.

He rubbed his eyes, stretched his arms to the ceiling, then opened his office door. Short and choppy black hair, black winging brows, green eyes heavily outlined with black pencil, and a narrow nose on a young lady who looked no older than a high school sophomore. She wore a red flannel shirt, a large black backpack slung over one shoulder. He’d never seen her before. “Can I help you?”

A full-on smile curved her lips, scrunching her eyes and making her seem much older somehow. “Sorry to bother you, Dr. Whiteside. I’m Timber Hollows,” she extended a hand, “second year graduate geosciences fellow studying under Dr. Erickson. I’ve followed your work since your presentation on the confluence of lines along the frankincense trade route in the Arabian Desert that led to the discovery of the lost city of Ubar. And let me just say, wow, I was floored! You and Dr. Erickson are rockstars in the field, and I can’t believe you’re both here now.”

“That’s flattering, thank you. I look forward to reviewing your projects this coming semester.” He smiled slightly, waiting to see if there was another reason she was stopping by on a July weekend morning when the rest of the campus was silent as a stone. She continued to stare at him for a moment, then seemed to recall herself. “So anyway, I pulled an all-nighter in Dr. Erickson’s lab, and I saw you come in last night. I was getting ready to head out, and thought I’d stop by to introduce myself if you were still here.”

Lilith hadn’t mentioned any time-sensitive project that required working all night. But then, what did he know about academia anymore? He’d been out in the field for so long, he wondered briefly if he was making a mistake coming back to teach.

In more ways than one.

“Well, it’s nice to meet someone so committed to the cause. Now, go get some sleep. I’m sure I don’t need to tell you how exacting Dr.

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