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He nodded at her as she said good night to Old Archie and Riley All the while To at her back
Ah, the joys of being in a relationship
Cooper pushed drinks over the bar to Lily and headed back to Jessica, as sipping her Long Island while she played with her phone
Her drink was almost finished
“Another?”
She scrunched her nose, looking adorable “I don’t know if I should I feel pretty buzzed”
“Up to you, Doc”
Jessica thought about it a second “I better change to a chardonnay”
When he placed the drink in front of her a hed “I love Bailey”
Cooper grinned “Yeah, she’s pretty great”
“No, like, I love her She’s so kind And so pretty She could be a fairy”
Thisabout the connection between them? Was DocDid Doc play for the other team?
Disappointment started to build
Jessica laughed “Oh, you should see your face I’ay Women are allowed to show appreciation for one another without it being about sex”
Relieved, he grinned at her “Not gay, but you are drunk, Doc”
“Tipsy, not drunk I’ay,” she repeated “I’ve just never met anyone like Bailey before She says what she means and how she feels, no matter what”
“And you don’t?” He leaned on the bar, drawing closer to her, and her eyes flicked down to his mouth
Heat stirred in his gut at the way she was looking at his lips
Jessica dragged her eyes back up to his Up close he could see the flecks of gold and green in her huge brown eyes Gorgeous fucking eyes “Sometimes,” she answered and leaned in closer to hiht for Bailey”
He raised an eyebrow “What makes you say that?”
She shrugged, dropping her gaze to her drink “Just a feeling I can’t explain it”
“Well, your secret is safe with me”
She looked up at hiave him a soft smile “You have really blue eyes”
Cooper grinned “So I’ve been told”
“You going to flirt with that pretty wo to introduce her to your friends?” Old Archie called down the bar
Sighing at the interruption, Cooper stood tall and threw his regular a look Old Archie was grinning from ear to ear, the devious old bastard
“Hi” Jessica waved at him
Old Archie nodded at her “I’m Archibald Brown, but everyone calls me Old Archie”
Doc frowned at this “Why would they call you Old Archie when you have such a distinguished name like Archibald Brown? If it werecalled Archibald Brown all the time Not Archie, not Archibald, but Archibald Brown”
Cooper’s grin ht do that And to who?”
“Archibald Brown, I aton”
“Doctor Jessica Huntington,” Cooper said
Old Archie raised an eyebrow “Ieon?”
“I was,” she said, surprising the hell out of Cooper “I was a surgical resident—general surgery”
Jesus, a surgeon Surgeons were their own kind of rock star
It was hot
“Was?” Old Archie cocked his head in curiosity
“I decided it wasn’t for ance, just honesty “But” She shrugged “Not for me”
Cooper wanted to knowto push for that information in front of an audience He shot Old Archie a look, silently telling hie
He grinned over at Jessica “Smart and beautiful You’re double the trouble, honey”
Doc narrowed her eyes on hi “You’re a charirls”
“No, some of them around here are as dumb as a post”
Her jaw dropped “That’s a terrible thing to say”
“Hey, there are a lot ofsexist”
“Just insulting”
“Honest,” he argued
“I can tell I’ to know each other,” Jessica said, h
Cooper took in her eot another in you, Doc?”
She wrinkled her nose “I hate hangovers I’ll have a water”
“You got it”
By the time an hour had passed, Old Archie was on the stool next to Jessica The two of theht
Finally, Anita called and, judging froet his ass back home Cooper disappeared to take out some trash at the back of the bar and when he came back Jessica’s stool was empty
“Is Doc in the restroom?” He nodded his head to her stool
Riley gave hi sht, and left”
“Fuck,” he muttered, disappointed And then just as quickly determination replaced the disappointht to Old Archie and Riley All the while To at her back